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Varnous

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Varnous or Varnoundas (also called Peristeri) is a mountain in northern Florina regional unit, Greece, situated between the town of Florina and Lake Prespa, and just south of the border with North Macedonia. Its highest peak, named Gkarvani, is 2,334 m. It is part of the same massif that continues northwards into the Baba mountains in North Macedonia with Mount Pelister (2, 601 m) as its highest peak. Other mountaintops includes Belavoda (meaning 'white water' in the local Slavic language) at 2,179 m, Kirko at 2,155 m, Kotsyfa or Potistres at 2,065 m and more.

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