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{{Short description|Mountain range in Macedonia, Greece}}
{{for|the municipality in [[Western Macedonia]]|Voio (municipality)}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Voio
| other_name = Βόιο
| photo = 118 Odre.jpg
| photo_caption = The mountain ridge Ondria (Όντρια), part of the Voio.
| elevation_mmap = 1802Greece
| map_caption = Location in Greece
| elevation_ref =
| coordinates = {{coord|40.225|N|21.084|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 1805
| elevation_ref = <ref name=oreiv>[http://www.oreivatein.com/oreivatein/page/mountains/e_mounts1_1.htm Oreivatein.com]</ref>
| listing = [[List of mountains in Greece]]
| pronunciation = {{IPA-el|ˈvoʝo|lang}}
| location = western [[Kastoria Prefecture(regional unit)|Kastoria]] and [[Kozani Prefecture(regional unit)|Kozani]] prefecturesregional units, [[Greece]]
}}
 
'''Voio''' ({{lang-langx|el|Βόιο}}, ''VoioVóio''; [[ancient Greek]]: {{langx|grc|Βόιον,}} - ''Boeon'') is a [[mountain]] range in the southwestern [[Kastoria Prefecture(regional unit)|Kastoria]] and western [[Kozani Prefecture(regional unit)|Kozani]] [[Prefecturesregional units of Greece|prefectureregional units]] in [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. The mountain is part of the [[Pindus]] mountain rangesmountains. Its peakshighest standelevation overis 1,802805 m.<ref name=oreiv/> It is a densely forested and sparsely populated mountain range. It is locateddrained towards the river [[Sarantaporos (Epirus)|Sarantaporos]] in the south-centralwest partand towards the [[Aliakmonas]] in the east. The nearest mountain ranges are [[Gramos]] to the west and [[Smolikas]] to the southwest.
 
The nearest villages are [[Pentalofos, Kozani|Pentalofos]] in the east, [[Arrenes|Eptachori]] in the west and [[Nestorio|Kypseli]] in the north. The municipality [[Voio (municipality)|Voio]], named after the mountains, is situated in the eastern part. The [[Greek National Road 20]] ([[Kozani]] - [[Konitsa]] - [[Ioannina]]) passes through the mountains, 2 km south of the highest point. The first home of the [[Boeotians]] was the mountain Boion; the mountain gave them their name.<ref>[[J. B. Bury|Bury, John Bagnell]]. ''A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great'' (Volume 1). {{ISBN|0-543-97069-8}}, p. 54.</ref>
The [[Greek National Road 20|GR-20]] ([[Greek National Road 20|GR-20]] ([[Kozani]] - [[Konitsa]] - [[Ioannina]]) is to the south, 15&nbsp;km from the mountaintop. A river flows to the south; its length is approximately 25 to 30&nbsp;km from north to south and its width is approximately 15 to 20&nbsp;km from east to west.
 
The first home of [[Boeotians]] was in mountain Boion; the mountain gave them their name.<ref>Bury, p. 54.</ref>
 
==Nearest places==
 
* [[Nestorio]], north
* [[Logka, Greece|Logka]], northeast
* [[Polykastro, Kozani|Polykastro]], east
* [[Avgerinos, Kozani|Avgerinos]], east-southeast
* [[Pentalofo, Kozani|Pentalofo]], southeast
* [[Eptachori]], south
* [[Kotyli, Kastoria|Kotyli or Kotili]], west
 
==Information==
Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain and contains [[pine]] and [[spruce]] trees, the valley areas, grasslands, bushes and non-vegetated portions dominate the higher elevations. The area around the mountain contains villages and forest roads as well as hiking trails, some roads do not connect both sides of the mountain range. Two roads surround the mountains. The mountaintop is to the southeast.
 
==Panorama==
Its panorama includes the [[Gramos]] mountains, the northern part can see the northern and the central Kastoria prefecture, western and central [[Kozani Prefecture]] and the northwestern and western [[Grevena Prefecture]].
 
==References==
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[[Category:Landforms of Kastoria Prefecture(regional unit)]]▼
==Sources==
[[Category:Landforms of Kozani Prefecture(regional unit)]]▼
* Bury, John Bagnell. ''A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great'' (Volume 1). ISBN 0543970698
[[Category:MountainsMountain ranges of Greece]]▼
 
[[Category:Pindus]]
{{coord missing|Greece}}
 
▲[[Category:Kastoria Prefecture]]
▲[[Category:Kozani Prefecture]]
▲[[Category:Mountains of Greece]]
 
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[[el:Βόιο]]
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