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What are the stories of Mount Chimaera?

• prawn 12y ago
  The Chimera was a fire-breathing creature from Greek mythological, part-snake, part-lion, part-goat. Thought to have origins in the burning rocks near Cirali. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chimaera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chimaera Apparently sailors used those flames as a form of navigation though they might've needed to have been a lot larger hundreds of years ago to be visible from that far out to sea. When I was there a few years ago, none of the flames would've been bigger than about 20cm. We could barely see them in the dark from down the mountain let alone some way out on the water. Absolutely recommend Turkey as a travel destination by the way, and especially the boat trips along the South coast. Awesome experience cruising along by sail, then anchoring in a sheltered bay to dive off the boat, eat, visit ruins, etc.
  • maaku 12y ago
    Interesting, thank you!