Pindus Mountains, Modern Greek Píndos, also spelled Píndhou, principal range and backbone of mainland Greece, trending north-northwest–south-southeast from Albania to central Greece north of the Peloponnese.In antiquity, the name Pindus applied to ranges south of the Aracynthus (Zygós) Pass west of Thessaly (Thessalía).The highest point of the range is 8,651 feet (2,637 metres) in the Smólikas massif, near the Albanian border.
An extension of the calcareous Dinaric range of the Balkans, the core of the Pindus appears to comprise metamorphic and volcanic rocks: schists, serpentines, granite, and jasper. The northern parts, less elevated, have folded Balkan characteristics. Lacking uniformity, the Pindus consists largely of a series of small ranges separated by transverse valleys
