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Also known as Siniatsiko

Askio (; Pronunciation: As•ki•o) is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Kozani and the eastern part of the Kastoria regional units in northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak, Siniatsiko, is . There are forests in the northern part. It stretches from the village Kleisoura in the northwest to Xirolimni in the southeast, over a length of about . The nearest mountains are the Verno to the northwest, the Vourinos to the south and the Vermio to the northeast. It is drained by tributaries of the Aliakmonas to the west and south, and towards the Lake Vegoritida to the northeast

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Mountain.name
Askio
Mountain.photo
Askio (Siniatsiko) mountain - Ptolemaida, Kozani prefecture, Greece.png
Mountain.country
Greece
Mountain.subdivision2_type
Regional units
Mountain.length_km
30
Mountain.length_orientation
NW-SE
Mountain.width_km
20
Mountain.width_orientation
NE-SW
Mountain.highest
Siniatsiko
Mountain.elevation_m
2111
Mountain.map
Greece

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Elevation
2111
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Askio (Siniatsiko) mountain - Ptolemaida, Kozani prefecture, Greece.png
Width
20
Length
30
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Askio (; Pronunciation: As•ki•o) is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Kozani and the eastern part of the Kastoria regional units in northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak, Siniatsiko, is . There are forests in the northern part. It stretches from the village Kleisoura in the northwest to Xirolimni in the southeast, over a length of about . The nearest mountains are the Verno to the northwest, the Vourinos to the south and the Vermio to the northeast. It is drained by tributaries of the Aliakmonas to the west and south, and towards the Lake Vegoritida to the northeast.

The nearest towns are Siatista to the south, Ptolemaida to the northeast and Kozani to the southeast. Mountain villages in the Askio mountains include Vlasti in the central part, Eratyra and Skiti in the south and Milochori, Anarrachi, Variko and Kleisoura in the north. The A2 Egnatia Odos motorway (Igoumenitsa - Ioannina - Kozani - Thessaloniki) runs south of the mountains.

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