Chionato (Greek: Χιονάτο, before 1928: Γκέρλιανη – Gkerliani)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
[3] It is located in the western part of the regional unit on the northern side of the Ammouda peak at an altitude of 960m.
There is a municipal guest house in the settlement,[4] there is a Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas (1922)[5] and a football field named after "Christina Giazitzidou" in honor of the Olympic rower Christina Giazitzidou, who is originally from Chionato.
[6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 736 people in the village, and 710 inhabitants (110 families) were Muslim in 1923.
[7] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkerliani were from Asia Minor (58) and Pontus (29) in 1926.