  mount parnitha (greek, modern: Î Î¬ÏÎ½Î·Î¸Î±, ancient/katharevousa: Î Î¬ÏÎ½Î·Ï parnis/parnes; sometimes parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of athens, the highest on the peninsula of attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and a summit known as karavola (ÎÎ±ÏÎ±Î²ÏÎ»Î±). much of the mountain is designated a national park, and is a protected habitat for wildfowl, first created in 1961. the summit is located 18&nbsp;km n of acharnae and about 30&nbsp;km n of athens, while the mountain covers approximately 250&nbsp;kmÂ² of land. other peaks include mavrovouni (ÎÎ±ÏÏÎ¿Î²Î¿ÏÎ½Î¹), ornio (1,350 m), area (1,160 m), avgo or avgho (1,150 m), and xerovouni (ÎÎµÏÎ¿Î²Î¿ÏÎ½Î¹, meaning dry mountain - 1,120 m).it also has two shelters mpafi and flampouri. ==geography== thumb|left|a satellite view of parnitha along with most of attica, the boundary is marked in light blue towns surrounding the mountain include aspropyrgos, fyli, acharnes, varymbombi, thrakomakedones, dekeleia, avlona and agios stefanos as well as the settlement of agios merkourios. the highway gr-1 (e75) surrounds the northern and eastern part of the mountain along with the cephissus river, while the attiki odos motorway (gr-6) runs to its south. the mountain offers panoramic views of the mountains northeast of parnitha, penteli to the east, the ymittos to the southeast, the aigaleo to the south and another to the west; from its summit, one can also see the thriasian plain, the saronic gulf including the islands of salamina, aigina and the north, the south euboean gulfs and island of euboea, and most of central and northern greater athens. the view during clear days can extend to northern boeotia and the peloponnese. forests of greek fir and aleppo pine cover all slopes beneath 1,000 m altitude, and are often threatened by forest fires, such as occurred in 2005 and 2007. above 1,000 m it is covered principally in grasses and shrubbery, and beneath 300 m mainly farmlands and suburban housing to the east. about 1,0
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