Ida (1)

Mount Ida; a mountain in western Asia Minor, southeast of the ancient city of Troy; this is the mountain from which Zeus maintained his vigil of the Trojan War.

Ida is part of the Biokovo Range and the two highest peaks are Sveti Ilija (5,381 feet (1,640 meters) in height) and Sveti Jure (5,781 feet (1,762 meters) in height); the summits are called Gargaros, which literally means Throat, suggesting that the peaks got their name from the unique snow-packed caves which exist there.

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