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9 unusual facts about Troodos Mountains


Cyprus Air Forces

:The Troodos Mountains, the highest range in Cyprus, host a number of radar and air-defence facilities.

Cyprus Missile Crisis

According to some of these observers, the radar site and one of the missile sites were installed in heavily fortified positions on the northern face of Mount Olympus, the largest mountain in the Troodos range.

Kyrenia Mountains

Though only half the height of the Troodos Mountains, the Kyrenia Mountains are rugged and rise abruptly from the Mesaoria plain.

Lizard complex

The rocks found in The Lizard area are analogous to those found in such famous areas as the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus and the Semail Complex, Oman.

Mono I Agapi

At a garden probably in Limassol, at Troodos "dressed" completely in white, at a medieval bridge and most notably at the Petra Tou Romiou area in Paphos where the video clip begins and ends.

Ophiolite

Troodos Ophiolite in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus, in this case its study has partly been economically motivated as the copper deposits of Cyprus are part of the ophiolite.

Quercus alnifolia

Quercus alnifolia belongs to the endemic flora of the island and it is confined to the igneous geological complex of the Troodos Mountains.

The Heritage Private School

1994 Twenty donums of land were purchased, 4.5 km north of the Troodos roundabout, with the idea of building a new school site.

The Heritage Private School is an impressive sight in the hills along the main Limassol to Troodos road.



see also

Summer camp

They usually are situated in the Troodos Mountains area and more specific around Platres.

Troodos

RAF Troodos, Royal Air Force signals station in the Troodos Mountains