The Makrynoros or the Makrinoros mountains (Greek: Μακρυνόρος, Modern: Akarnaniko, Katharevoussa: Akarnanikon) is a mountain range dominating the northern part of the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture in western Greece

Greece

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. Its length is approximately 25 to 30 km from north to south and its width is approximately 10 km from east to west. The Ionian Sea

Ionian Sea

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 lies to the west. The mountain is surrounded by the GR-5

Greek National Road 5

Greek National Road 5 is a highway in Western Greece. It runs from 2 km south of Rio at GR-8/GR-9 , or at the beginning of the Patras By-Pass in the south up to the city centre of Ioannina. It is now connected with a new bridge, the Rio-Antirio bridge and for 5 km is a joint with GR-48...

/E55

European route E55

European route E 55 is a E-route. It passes through the following cities:Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – Prague – Tábor – Linz – Salzburg – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Palmanova – Mestre...

 (Antirrio

Antirrio

Antirrio is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is a municipal unit...

 - Messolongi - Agrinio

Agrinio

Agrinion is the largest city and municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit of Greece, with 96,321 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the town of Mesolonghi. The settlement dates back to ancient times...

 - Ioannina

Ioannina

Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

) and the future Ionia Odos

Ionia Odos

The Ionia Odos , sometimes called Ionian Highway in English, is a motorway, currently under construction, running through the western part of Greece. The total length will be 196 km from Rio to Ioannina. It is part of the E55 on its full length, along with the non-motorway part of Kakavia -...

 to the west.

Information

Forests are found in the outer part of the mountain, bushes are sporadically found, grasslands and rocks along with ledges cover the rest of the mountain range. Strabo

Strabo

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 described the area of the mountain range near Sellades

Sellades

Sellades is a village in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the peripheral unit of Arta, Greece. Its 2001 population was 687 for the town and 754 for the community . Sellades is linked with the road connecting the GR-5/E55 and the Pindus mountains...

 as Selaida (Σελαΐδα).

Nearest places

• Valmada, north
• Agridi
  Agridi
  Agridi may refer to several places in Greece:*Agridi, Achaea, a village in Achaea*Agridi, Arcadia, a village in Arcadia*Agridi, Elis, a village in Elis...
  
  , northeast
• Triklino, east
• Nea Malesiada, southeast
• Sardinina, southwest
• Ampelaki, west-southwest
• Loutro
  Loutro, Aetolia-Acarnania
  Loutro or Krikellos is a village near Arta in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Amphilochia.-See also:*List of populated places in the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture...
  
  , west
• Menidi, northwest

Panorama

Its panorama includes the Ambracian Gulf

Ambracian Gulf

The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf , is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece. About long and wide, it is one of the largest enclosed gulfs in Greece...

 which includes the northwesternmost Aitoloakarnania and the southern Epirus

Epirus (periphery)

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, the mountains of southeastern Epirus, the mountains near Evrytania

Evrytania

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and the mountains of northcentral part of the prefecture in which the valley can rarely be seen.