The Panaitoliko or Panetoliko Mountains is a mountain range that dominates the northeastern part of the Aitolia-Akarnania as well as the southwestern Evrytania

Evrytania

Evrytania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi .-Geography:...

 prefectures in western Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. The mountain is the prefecture's highest summit at 1,924 m and the location is at Katelanos (Κατελάνος). Its length is approximately 25 km long from east to west and its width is approximately 15 km wide. The mountain extends from Agios Vlassios up to the area between Stavloi and the new Evinos dam.

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Forests are found in the outer part of the mountain, bushes are sporadically found, grasslands and rocks along with ledges covers the rest of the mountain range. The Evinos river flows to the south where recently a new dam was built.

The municipality of Panaitoliko

Panaitoliko

Panaitoliko is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 1,853 . The seat of the municipality was in Skoutera....

 derives its name from this mountain range.

Nearest places

• Proussos
  Proussos
  Prousos is a village and a former municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karpenisi, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,253 ....
  
  , north
• Kastania, north
• Domnista
  Domnista
  Domnista is a village and a former municipality in Evrytania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karpenisi, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,163 . The seat of the municipality was in Krikello....
  
  , north
• Stavloi, northeast
• Skoutera, south
• Chaliki, south
• Agios Vlassios, northwest

Panorama

Its panorama includes the mountains to the south and the southern Acheloos

Acheloos

Acheloos may refer to:* Acheloos River, in Greece* Achelous, a river deity in Greek mythology* Acheloos , a municipality in the Karditsa prefecture, Greece...

 valley which includes Lake Trichonida

Lake Trichonida

Lake Trichonida, also Trihonida , older forms: Trihonis ancient: Trichonis is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is located in the eastern part of the Aitoloakarnania prefecture, in the east of Agrinio, south of Evrytania and northwest of Nafpaktos. It covers an area of with a maximum length...

 and 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...

, the nearby mountains of the Evrytania

Evrytania

Evrytania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi .-Geography:...

 prefecure and the Vardousio mountains to the east. The Pindus

Pindus

The Pindus mountain range is located in northern Greece and southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2637 m . Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the "spine of Greece"...

mountains is to the north.