The place northeast of the Ancient City of Olympos at an elevation of 250 m above the sea is known by Turks as “Yanartaş/Çıralı”. The area is called Yanartaş (Chimaera) because of the inflammable gas, which consists of a 46% hydrogen and 34% methane compound, issuing from the cracks formed as a result of the tectonic earthquakes at those places where the serpentine land and limestone rocks meet. According to mythology, Bellerophon, the son of the Luwian Lord Glaucos, desires to own Pegasus, the winged horse.

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