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Mount Helicon (Ancient Greek: Ἑλικών; Greek: Ελικώνας) is a mountain in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece, [1] celebrated in Greek mythology.With an altitude of 1,749 metres (5,738 ft), it is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.
He also indicated the remains of the theatre on the mountain slope. The French Archaeological School under Jamot excavated systematically in 1888, 1889 and 1890, and discovered all the antiquities (G. Roux, Le Val des Muses et les Musees chez les auteurs anciens, in Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique, 1954, 1, pp. 22–48).
Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice.
Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose territory peak A resides in.
Mountain Metres Feet Range Location and Notes Mount Everest: 8,848 29,029: Himalayas Nepal/China : K2: 8,611 28,251: Karakoram Pakistan/China Kangchenjunga: 8,586
Hippocrene source on Mount Helicon. In Greek mythology, Hippocrene / h ɪ p ə ˈ k r iː n iː / (Ancient Greek: Ἵππου κρήνη [1] or Ἱπποκρήνη or Ἱππουκρήνη [2]) is a spring on Mount Helicon. [3]
Helicon Mountain, studio of Jools Holland; Helicon, a 1977 album by The Four Seasons; Helicon Records, a record label founded in Israel in 1985 "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" and "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2", songs by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai; Helikon, a 1952 piano concerto by Mikis Theodorakis; Helikon Opera, a Moscow-based opera company
Cithaeron or Kithairon (Κιθαιρών, -ῶνος) is a mountain and mountain range about sixteen kilometres (ten miles) long in Central Greece. The range is the physical boundary between Boeotia region in the north and Attica region in the south. It is mainly composed of limestone and rises to 1,409 metres (4,623 ft).