Mainalo

Also known as Mainalon, Menalo

Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.

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Mountain.name: Mainalo
Mountain.photo: Fir forest on Mt. Mainalo, Greece.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: Greek fir forest on Mainalo
Mountain.photo_alt: A photo taken in the summer of a mountainside of Mainalo. The mountainside is completely covered in a green forest of Greek fir.
Mountain.elevation_m: 1,981
Mountain.highest: Ostrakina or Profitis Ilias
Mountain.prominence_m: 1,216
Mountain.listing: World Ribus
Mountain.language: Greek
Mountain.location: The mountain is in the middle of the Peloponnese, in Arcadia, Greece
Mountain.map: Greece Peloponnese
Mountain.map_alt: The location of Mainalo on a blank map of the relief of the Peloponnese, Greece
Mountain.label: Mainalo
Mountain.label_position: right
Mountain.easiest_route: Hike
Mountain.etymology: from Ancient Greek Μαίναλον (Maínalon)
Mountain.type: Mount

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Elevation: 1981
Image: Fir forest on Mt. Mainalo, Greece.jpg

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Commons category: Mainalo
native label: Μαίναλο

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Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.

The mountain's highest point, known as both Profitis Ilias and Ostrakina, at a height of , is the highest point in Arcadia. The mountain has a length of from southwest of Tripoli to northeast of Vytina, and a width of from Zygovisti to Kapsas. The mountain is part of a Natura 2000 site, designated in March 2011, covering an area of . In the 19th and early 20th century, the mountain was known as Apano Chrepa.