It is also the third highest mountain of the Ionian Islands, after Ainos and Elati (Lefkada).

[1] The stretch of the mountain includes parts of the municipalities of Lixouri, Pylaros, Sami, and Kranaia.

At Agia Dynati, during the 16th century, the Holy Monastery of Panagia Thematon was built.

[2] In mythology, Agia Dynati is believed to be the rock that Cronus threw to Earth, after Zeus gained power.

When Zeus gained power, he commanded Cronus to throw the rock, and the children he had eaten, to the Earth.