Vikos Gorge
- Depth
- 967 m
- Rim
- 1,540 m
- Length
- 24.8 km
- Tonight
- 6°CClear · Wind 4 km/h NE
Vikos Gorge is up to 967 m deep: the rim reaches 1,540 m and the floor 419 m, along 24.8 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 419 m
Camping & parking near Vikos Gorge
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Vikos Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Οξιά
Nearest campsite
0.9 km NW
Depth of Vikos Gorge
Up to 967 m deep (typically 430 m) along the 24.8 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Vikos Gorge 3D map
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Vikos Gorge terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Vikos Gorge elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Vikos Gorge weather
Tonight · Clear · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 4 km/h NE
Vikos Gorge forecast for about 1,540 m.
- Tonight6°–4 km/h NE
- Today5°12°–8 km/h SW
- Sun4°10°6.3 mm9 km/h SW
- Mon2°13°0.3 mm8 km/h NE
- Tue-1°12°–9 km/h NE
- Wed-2°8°–9 km/h NE
- Thu0°9°–10 km/h W
- Fri3°9°0.2 mm9 km/h SW
- Sat3°9°1.5 mm8 km/h SW
- Sun1°7°1.9 mm8 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 23.6% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,986 m low point 401 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km of Vikos Gorge.
Summit list 6
- 1Στούρος1,622 m 1.8 km NW
- 2Ψαροβότανο1,787 m 4.3 km N
- 3Spirokapa1,948 m 4.9 km ENE
- 4Πλάκα1,814 m 5.1 km NNE
- 5Αη-Λιάς2,052 m 5.2 km NE
- 6Καλόγερος2,112 m 5.6 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,048 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Blue-throated Keeled Lizard91
- Rustyback48
- Serbian Phoenix Flower46
- Donkey Tail41
- Yellow-bellied Toad36
- Greek frog35
Where Vikos Gorge sits
- Region
- Epirus Region3Greece41Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia