Vermio Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in northern Greece}}

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| name = Vermio

| other_name = Βέρμιο

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| elevation_m = 2067

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| listing = Ribu

| map = Greece

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| location = Imathia, Greece

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The Vermio Mountains ({{langx|el|Βέρμιο}}), known in antiquity as the Bermion ({{langx|el|Βέρμιον}}), is a mountain range in northern Greece. It lies between the Imathia Regional Unit of the Central Macedonia Region and the Kozani Regional Unit of the Western Macedonia Region. The range is west of the plain of Kampania. The town of Veria, which is the capital of Imathia, is built on the foot of these mountains. The highest point in the range is the peak Chamiti ({{langx|el|Χαμίτη}}), {{convert|2065|m}} elevation, west of Naousa. In Turkish the mountain is known as Karatash (Karataş), and in Bulgarian it is known as Karakamen (Каракамен).

The Vermio Mountains are the site of ski resorts such as Seli and Tria Pente Pigadia.

It was mentioned in antiquity by Pliny,Pliny the Elder, Natural History IV.10 Strabo,Strabo VII.26. Stephen of Byzantium,John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828) [https://books.google.com/books?id=bqENAAAAQAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA233 p233]. Hierocles,John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828)[https://books.google.com/books?id=bqENAAAAQAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA233 p233]. Ptolemy,Ptol. iii. 12 and ThucydidesGeorge Grote, History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens, Volume 6 (J. Murray, 1854) [https://books.google.com/books?id=rhYPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA98 p98-99]. and Herodotus.Fitz Hugh Ludlow, David M. Gross, The Annotated Hasheesh Eater (David M Gross, 4 Oct. 2007) p95.George Grote, A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great, Volume 4 (J. Murray, 1862) [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQhAAAAMAAJ&dq=Mount+Bermius&pg=PA205 p205-206]. In classical times the mountain was thought by Herodotus to be impassible and according to tradition, paradise was to be held on the other side. During Hellenistic times was an internal boundary of the Macedonian state.John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece (1828) p192.