Menoikio

Menoikio
Μενοίκιο
Menoikio viewed from Orvilos (Slavyanka)
Highest point
Elevation1,963 m (6,440 ft)[1]
Coordinates41°03′22″N 23°45′00″E / 41.056°N 23.75°E / 41.056; 23.75
Naming
PronunciationGreek: [meˈnikio]
Geography
Menoikio is located in Greece
Menoikio
Menoikio
Eastern Serres and western Drama regional unit, Greece

Menoikio (Greek: Μενοίκιο, also known to the local populations as "Bozdakas" and "Bozdas", Greek corruptions of the Turkish name "Boz Dag", which was applied to the mountain by the Turks in Ottoman time, Bulgarian: Змийница, Zmiynitsa) is a mountain range in the eastern Serres and western Drama regional units of eastern Macedonia, Greece. The highest peak of the mountain is Mavromata at 1,963 m.

  1. ^ Iordan Nikolov Ivanov, The local names between lower Struma and lower Mesta: Contribution to the research of Bulgarian toponymy in the Aegean region., Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1982, p.7 (in Bulgarian)]