A total of nineteen mountains were referred to as Olympus (or in its common variation, Olympos) in antiquity ^{1 2}. Some of these mountains are:

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Mountains

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Greece

• Mount Olympus in Pieria, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology;

Turkey

• Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey;
• Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Mount Arıt near Bartın)³;
• The present-day Mount Nif in Aegean Turkey, near İzmir's depending district of Kemalpaşa, a town which carried the same name as the mountain previously (Nif), ⁴
• The valley of Olympos in ancient Lycia on the southern coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya, near the town of Kemer;

Cyprus

• Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus;

Mountains which have been named Olympus in more recent times are;

United States

• Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula
• Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front

Mars

• Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in our solar system

Persons

• Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of ancient Greece

Communities

Greece

• Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Greek island of Karpathos
• Olympos, Larissa, a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture

United States

• Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
• Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the neighborhood of Parnassus/Ashbury Heights
• Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
• Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place

Business

• Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics and imaging company
• Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
• Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
• Olympus (phpBB), a codename for the third version of phpBB
• Mount Olympus Water Bottle Company

Entertainment

• Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
• Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
• The Battle of Olympus, a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
• Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics

Other

• Olympus High School, a high-school in Utah, USA.

References

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