Category: Geosites of Meteora – Pyli Geopark

The landforms of Gavros are a continuation of the Meteora complex to the north. The rocky outcrops of cohesive conglomerates and sandstones of the Meteora Conglomerate unit were deposited as submarine drifts and belong to the Meso-Hellenic Trench, as part of the Pentalophos-Meteora Formation of Upper Oligocene – Lower Miocene…

The characteristic rock formations of Agios Dimitrios, Kalambaka, are a continuation of the Meteora complex to the north. On the surface of the rocky outcrops of Agios Dimitrios, erosion processes have created large or small cavities called “tafoni”. The rock outcrops of cohesive conglomerates and sandstones of the Meteora Conglomerate…

To the east of the Kalambaka plain, the impressive rock of Theopetra dominates above the homonymous village. The rock of Theopetra consists of hard limestone rocks of Cretaceous age which have been deposited over softer and more susceptible to erosion ophiolite rocks of Jurassic age. The different erosion of the…

At the western end of Malakasiotis valley we meet the mountain village of Malakasi, shortly before the Kalambaka-Ioannina road exit to the Egnatia highway. Multicolored sedimentary rocks of oceanic origin appear along the main roads in the Malakasi area. We can observe these sediments by following the roads towards the…

The Koziakas geotectonic unit, together with ophiolitic rocks, are tectonically placed towards the West on the Tertiary flysch of the Pindos belt, with a characteristic surface of compressional movement, creating the Koziakas thrust. The Koziakas tectonic thrust is indicative of the direction of compression during the final stage of the…

Trypio Lithari is a natural arch formed by the erosion of limestone rocks on the eastern ridge of Koziakas, at an altitude of 1650 meters, and is one of the mountain's landmarks. The arch, with an opening of about 10 meters, forms a passage to the western side of the…