Mt Parnon

(Local Name: Párnonas) The Párnon range extends along the east side of the Peloponnese for a distance of some 90km/56mi from north to south, separating the Laconian plain around Sparta from the Argolic Gulf. The northern part of the range consists of schists, the southern part of limestone and marble. Only at Ástros is there a small alluvial plain (the plain of Kynouriá) between the high ground and the sea. The range ends at Cape Maléa in the southeast.

This isolated region is still occupied by Tzakonians, who preserve some remnants of the old Dorian dialect. Along the east coast are a number of small places, beginning in the north with Kivéri, where some years ago a freshwater spring was discovered in the