Category: Geological Geosites

In the area of Portaikos, there are impressive folds made out of colorful formations. These are created due to the folding of the geological formations that took place because of the compressive forces exerted on them, forming impressive tectonic structures. In the area, in the limestone rocks, red keratolites appear…

The Voliotis sinkhole is located in Koziakas mountain at an altitude of 1750 meters. It has been formed in limestones by the chemical dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks due to water circulation. It has a depth of 93 meters. It has no decoration, while at the bottom it houses a…

The ophiolite outcrops around Panagia village constitute some of the most interesting occurrences of the ophiolitic sequence of the Pindos mountains. The Pindos ophiolites represent fragments of the Neo-Tethyan oceanic lithosphere which was emplaced over the Pindos flysch during Tertiary. Pindos ophiolite consists of mafic and ultramafic rocks (upper mantle…

The neck of Katara, at an altitude of 1699 meters, is the passage in the mountainous relief of Pindos through which traffic from Northern Greece and Thessaly to Epirus was carried out for decades. In the area of Katara, the tectonic placement of the Subpelagonian ophiolites on the Pindos zone’s…

Lakmos, or Peristeri, is a long narrow mountain range with a series of high peaks that divides the regions of Epirus and Thessaly. At an altitude of 2,050 m, an alpine plateau has been formed. Near the village of Haliki, the northernmost village of the Aspropotamos area, Verlinga is situated,…

Mpeis’ cave is located on a small plateau of Koziakas, at an altitude of 1220 meters. It is a site of natural beauty, with dense vegetation and fir trees, through which the European Path E4 passes. Its entrance is a sinkhole formed by the dissolution of the limestone forming inside…