Rising to the south of the archaeological site of Dodona, it is part of the Pindus mountain range.

The nearest villages are Vargiades to the southeast, Lippa to the southwest and Dodoni to the north.

The A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos, Igoumenitsa - Ioannina -Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli) passes northwest of the mountain with tunnels.

[3] Related to Greek temno cut + oros mountain (sharp mountain) PIE *tom-/*tem- "cut", Vale of Tempe, Tomi city, Tomouroi priests of Dodona (wood-cutters)[4] or chastified (with cutten tail, line oura)[5] or tomarion diminutive of tomos slice, piece of land, tome, volume.

Related to Tmor and Tomori mountains in Illyria and Illyrian eponym Temus.