Area: 131, 990 sq. km.
Climate: Temperate, mild, wet winters, hot and dry summers
Terrain: Mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m -Highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Geographic importance: Strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and the southern approach to the Dardanelles Straits, a peninsular country possessing an archipelago of
approximately 3,000 major islands
Athens
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