{{Short description|Mountain range in northern Greece}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Vermio | other_name = Βέρμιο | image = Каракамен Планина (Негушко).jpg | image_caption = | elevation_m = 2067 | elevation_ref = <ref name=oreiv>{{cite web|url=http://www.oreivatein.com/oreivatein/page/mountains/mounts2_10.htm |title=Oreivatein list of mountain peaks |access-date=March 22, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016010538/http://www.oreivatein.com/oreivatein/page/mountains/mounts2_10.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2013 }}</ref> | prominence_m = 1361 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web | title=Balkan Peninsula - World Ribus | url=https://worldribus.org/balkan-peninsula/ | access-date=2025-08-18 | website=worldribus.org}}</ref> | listing = Ribu | map = Greece | map_caption = Location in Greece | map_size = | label_position = | location = [[Imathia]], [[Greece]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|37|39|N|21|56|15|E|type:mountain_region:GR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
The '''Vermio Mountains''' ({{langx|el|Βέρμιο}}), known in antiquity as the '''Bermion''' ({{langx|el|Βέρμιον}}), is a mountain range in northern Greece. It lies between the [[Imathia|Imathia Regional Unit]] of the [[Central Macedonia]] Region and the [[Kozani (regional unit)|Kozani Regional Unit]] of the [[Western Macedonia]] Region. The range is west of the plain of [[Kampania]]. The town of [[Veria]], which is the capital of Imathia, is built on the foot of these mountains. The highest point in the range is the peak Chamiti ({{langx|el|Χαμίτη}}), {{convert|2065|m}} elevation, west of [[Naousa, Imathia|Naousa]]. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]] the mountain is known as '''Karatash''' (Karataş), and in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] it is known as '''Karakamen''' (Каракамен).
The Vermio Mountains are the site of [[ski resorts]] such as [[Seli]] and [[Tria Pente Pigadia]].
It was mentioned in antiquity by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]],<ref>[[Pliny the Elder]], Natural History IV.10</ref> [[Strabo]],<ref>Strabo VII.26.</ref> [[Stephen of Byzantium]],<ref>John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828) [https://books.google.com/books?id=bqENAAAAQAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA233 p233].</ref> [[Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)|Hierocles]],<ref>John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828)[https://books.google.com/books?id=bqENAAAAQAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA233 p233].</ref> [[Claudius Ptolemy|Ptolemy]],<ref>Ptol. iii. 12</ref> and [[Thucydides]]<ref>George Grote, History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens, Volume 6 (J. Murray, 1854) [https://books.google.com/books?id=rhYPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA98 p98-99].</ref> and [[Herodotus]].<ref>Fitz Hugh Ludlow, David M. Gross, The Annotated Hasheesh Eater (David M Gross, 4 Oct. 2007) p95.</ref><ref>George Grote, A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with [[Alexander the Great]], Volume 4 (J. Murray, 1862) [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQhAAAAMAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA205 p205-206].</ref> In classical times the mountain was thought by Herodotus to be impassible and according to tradition, paradise was to be held on the other side. During [[Hellenistic]] times was an internal boundary of the [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian]] state.<ref>John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828) p192.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery class="center"> File:Vermio Landscape.jpg|Landscape </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commonscat|Mount Vermion}} * [https://greekmountainflora.info/vermion-flora/ Greek Mountain Flora] * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9075117/Vermion-Mountains Encyclopædia Britannica entry (subscription required)] * [https://www.avenzamaps.com/maps/1236672 Vermio terrain map] by Geopsis
[[Category:Landforms of Imathia]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Greece]] [[Category:Landforms of Central Macedonia]] [[Category:Landforms of Western Macedonia]] [[Category:Ski areas and resorts in Greece]]