Verno () or Vitsi () is a forested

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in the southern part of the

Florina Florina (, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the Florina regional uni ...

and the northeastern part of the

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s in

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, northern

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. The elevation of its highest peak is . It stretches from the village Trivouno in the northwest to Kleisoura in the southeast, over a length of about . The nearest mountains are the

Askio Askio (; Pronunciation: As•ki•o) is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Kozani and the eastern part of the Kastoria regional units in northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak, Siniatsiko, is .

to the southeast, the Baba to the north and the northern

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to the southwest. It is drained towards the river Sakoulevas (a tributary of the Crna) to the northeast, and towards the

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and Lake Kastoria to the southwest. The nearest towns are

to the southwest and

to the northeast. Mountain villages in the Verno mountains include Trivouno, Polypotamo and Triantafyllia in the north,

Makrochori Makrochori (, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη – ''Konomplati''; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кономлади, ''Konomladi''), is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece. History According to a local legend, the ...

, Vyssinia and Vasileiada in the south and

Nymfaio Nymfaio (, before 1926: Νέβεσκα – ''Neveska''; ) is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, community in Florina (regional unit), Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. After the 2011 local government r ...

in the east. The

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(

Krystallopigi Krystallopigi () or Kroustallopigi (Κρουσταλλοπηγή), before 1926: Smardesi (Σμαρδέσι) is a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, community in Florina (regional unit), Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. ...

- Florina -

Edessa Edessa (; ) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian general and self proclaimed king Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Sel ...

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) runs north of the mountains. There is a road to the top of the mountain Vitsi.

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