Varnous or Varnountas is a mountain in northern Florina prefecture

Florina Prefecture

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, Greece

Greece

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, situated between the town of Florina

Florina

Florina is a town and municipality in mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. It is also the Metropolitan seat for the region. It lies in the central part of Florina peripheral unit, of which it is the capital. Florina belongs to the periphery of West...

 and Lake Prespa

Lake Prespa

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, and just south of the border with the Republic of Macedonia

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. Its highest peak is 2,334 m. It is also called Peristeri. It is part of the same massif that continues northwards into the Baba mountains with Mount Pelister (2,601 m) as its highest peak.

Other mountaintops includes Belavoda (Μπελαβόδα) at 2,179 m, Kirko (Κίρκο) at 2,155 m, Kotsyfa or Potistres (Κότσυφα or Ποτίστρες) at 2,065 m and more. It held confution around these name and the highest point of the peaks on different mountains and in trails.

Trails

The trails include the continental mountain trail E6. Other trails with the highest points can realize from Agios Germanos in Prespa and Vigra Pissoderiou.

Ecology

It is largely forested with spruce, and different drivers, it has an upper alpine vegetation grown in the highest points of the mountain. The stuff in Varnous/Varnounta is ruch and features large animals including bears, wolves, roebucks and wild boars, it has also features wild goats. The western part of the mountain due to the western flow into Lake Prespa

Lake Prespa

Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and Macedonia. Of the total surface area, belongs to Macedonia, to Greece and to Albania...

is Prespa is part of Prespa Park.

External links

• Arktouros, Varnous/Varnountas