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Zas mountain

Zas mountain is a peak, 1,001 m high (Wikidata). It lies in the municipality of Naxos and the Lesser Cyclades (regional unit Naxos, South Aegean), on the island of Naxos. It lies inside the Natura 2000 sites Kentriki Kai Notia Naxos: Zas Kai Vigla Eos Mavrovouni Kai Thalassia Zoni (Ormos Karades - Ormos Moutsounas) (GR4220014) and Naxos: Ori Anathematistra, Koronos, Mavrovouni, Zas, Viglatouri (GR4220026). The nearest village with a page is Aghia Anna, 13.6 km away in a straight line. OpenStreetMap records 3 hiking routes passing within 2 km, in a straight line.

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Getting up there

Every distance in this section is in a straight line, not a walking or driving distance. This page does not describe ascent routes, difficulty or conditions.

Nearest villages and towns

Settlements with a page, in a straight line from the summit
Place	Kind	Distance
Aghia Anna	village	13.6 km
Naxos	town	13.7 km
Aghios Prokopios	village	14.3 km

OpenStreetMap gives no height for these settlements, so no height difference is worked out.

Hiking routes

OpenStreetMap routes that pass within 2 km of the summit
Route	Network	Operator	Closest approach
2 - Φιλώτι (κυκλική)	local	–	1 m
Κορυφή Ζας	local	–	1 m
2A - Αγία Μαρίνα – Δανακός	local	–	1.6 km

The distance is in a straight line from the summit to the nearest mapped line of the route, not a trail length or a walking time. Routes are mapped by volunteers and are not an official trail register; the networks (international, national, regional, local) are as the mappers tagged them.

Airport and port

Nearest points on the same landmass, in a straight line
Kind	Name	Distance
Airport	Naxos Island National Airport (JNX)	13.2 km
Ferry port	Port of Naxos	14.3 km

Places nearby

Pages of this site, in a straight line and on the same side of the water, nearest first.

Beaches

MoutsounaExcellent, 9.2 km
AgiassosExcellent, 10.0 km
Mikri Vigla LiofagosExcellent, 11.2 km

Sights

Cave of Zas on NaxosCave, 587 m
Fotodoti MonasteryMonastery, 2.8 km
Archaeological Collection of ApeiranthosMuseum, 4.8 km

Trails

Filoti (Kykliki)local, 10.5 km, passes here

Daylight

Sunrise and sunset at the summit's coordinates for the 15th of each month, in Greek time (Europe/Athens). Calculated with the standard solar-geometry formula for a flat horizon; terrain around the summit and cloud are not taken into account.

Daylight by month
Month	Day length	Sunrise	Sunset
January	9.9 h	07:30	17:22
February	10.8 h	07:07	17:56
March	11.9 h	06:30	18:24
April	13.1 h	06:45	19:51
May	14.1 h	06:10	20:17
June	14.7 h	05:57	20:38
July	14.5 h	06:09	20:38
August	13.6 h	06:34	20:11
September	12.5 h	06:59	19:27
October	11.3 h	07:24	18:42
November	10.2 h	06:56	17:09
December	9.7 h	07:23	17:02

Climate of the nearest settlement

This section is about Aghia Anna, the nearest settlement with a page, not about the summit. In the International Standard Atmosphere the air cools by an average of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m of height; the values in the table have not been moved to the summit's height and are not summit climate.

Monthly averages for Aghia Anna, not for the summit
Month	Mean temperature (°C)	Rain (mm)
January	13.0	95
February	13.1	81
March	14.3	45
April	16.1	26
May	19.4	19
June	23.1	5
July	24.8	2
August	25.3	2
September	23.5	17
October	20.5	43
November	17.4	63
December	14.4	85

NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 25 km from the settlement (a grid of about 50 km). Monthly averages from a regional model, not station readings and not a forecast.

Mountain safety

In an emergency call 112, the European emergency number. For information, training and the mountaineering clubs, the federation is the Hellenic Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (ΕΟΟΑ).

This page gives no climbing directions and no weather forecast.

How the numbers were counted

The height is Wikidata's (property P2044, 9 Oct 2026) where it has one, otherwise the ele tag of the natural=peak node in OpenStreetMap (9 Oct 2026). The rule is the same for every peak: a Wikidata value with a reference first, then a Wikidata value without one, then OpenStreetMap. Where both sources have a value and they differ by more than 50 m, the page says so and shows both. The Wikidata value for this peak has no reference. We did not measure the height.

The massif and the prominence are Wikidata's (P4552, P2660). The name and the links to Wikipedia are Wikidata's (CC0); we copy no text from Wikipedia. A mountain or peak has a page when it has a name and a height, lies in a Greek municipality, has a Wikipedia article, a known prominence or a height of at least 700 m, and has something near it (a settlement, sight, beach, another peak, a hut or a route). Peaks are ranked by the number of editions of the Wikidata item, then prominence, then height, and the list is capped at 800 pages (it has 579 now).

The huts, shelters and hiking routes are OpenStreetMap's (ODbL, Geofabrik snapshot 24 Sep 2026). Settlements, municipal boundaries and island outlines are also OpenStreetMap's. The Natura 2000 membership is whether the summit's point lies inside the Ministry's boundary (YPEN geoportal).

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.

Wikidata: mountains and peaks, heights, prominence and mountain rangesWikidata contributors · Live SPARQL query snapshot, taken 9 October 2026 · Date: 9 October 2026
OpenStreetMap: peak elevations, mountain huts and hiking routesOpenStreetMap contributors, via a Geofabrik snapshot · Geofabrik snapshot of 24 September 2026 · Date: 9 October 2026
Monthly climate normalsNASA POWER, MERRA-2 meteorological model · 2001–2020 climatology period returned by NASA POWER · Date: 24 September 2026
Natura 2000 protected sitesMinistry for Environment and Energy: YPEN geoportal · Current national Natura 2000 network · Date: 20 September 2026
This peak's item in Wikidata (link only)Wikidata contributors, CC0

Page updated 7 October 2026.