Mount Mycale

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Mount Mycale is a prominent mountain on the western coast of modern-day Turkey, historically significant as the site of a decisive naval and land battle between the Greeks and Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Mount Mycale canonical 3
slopes of Mount Mycale 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain
ancientGreekName Μυκάλη
ancientName Mycale
Mykale
associatedWith Achaemenid Empire
Ionian Greeks
linked to: Ionians
battleBelligerents Achaemenid Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Greek city-states
battleDate 479 BC
battleOutcome Greek victory
continent Asia
coordinateSystem World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
linked to: WGS84
country Turkey
elevation approximately 1237 metres
approximately 4058 feet
eventLocation Battle of Mycale
hasEcosystem Mediterranean maquis shrubland
pine forests
historicalRegion Ionia
historicalSignificance site of decisive naval and land engagement in Greco-Persian Wars
knownFor Battle of Mycale
role in Greco-Persian Wars
latinName Mycale
locatedIn Aydın Province NERFINISHED
Turkey
locatedNear Aegean Sea
locatedOn western coast of Anatolia
locatedOpposite island of Samos
linked to: Samos
mentionedBy Herodotus
mentionedIn Histories by Herodotus
linked to: works of Herodotus
modernTurkishName Dilek Dağı
nearbyAncientCity Miletus
Priene
Samos (polis)
linked to: Samos
overlooks ancient city of Miletus region
ancient city of Priene
linked to: Priene
partOf Dilek Peninsula
linked to: Karaburun Peninsula

Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park
Mycale Peninsula
protectedStatus national park area
range Aydın Mountains
linked to: Dilek Dağı
region Western Anatolia
strategicImportance control of Ionian coast
tourismActivity hiking
nature observation

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Battle of Mycale associatedMountain Mount Mycale
Priene situatedOn slopes of Mount Mycale
linked to: Mount Mycale
Mycale Strait locatedNear Mount Mycale
Panionion locatedNear Mount Mycale