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(Local Name: Agri Dagi) Eastern Anatolia (Ararat highland)
Province: Agri and Kars
Altitude: 5,137m/16,860ft
Situation and Topography
The majestic double volcanic cone of Ararat (Late Tertiary) stands isolated on the outer rim of the great sweep of the Taurus Mountains in eastern Anatolia, at the southeastern edge of the Ararat highland. It is a lava sheet plateau out of which rise a number of more recent, equally isolated volcanic massifs.
At 5,137m/16,860ft the main peak, Great Ararat (Büyük Agri Dagi), is the highest mountain in Turkey; it is separated from the 3,896m/12,786ft summit of Little Ararat (Küçük Agri Dagi) by a 2,600m/8,533ft high col. Because of its great height
Province: Agri and Kars
Altitude: 5,137m/16,860ft
Situation and Topography
The majestic double volcanic cone of Ararat (Late Tertiary) stands isolated on the outer rim of the great sweep of the Taurus Mountains in eastern Anatolia, at the southeastern edge of the Ararat highland. It is a lava sheet plateau out of which rise a number of more recent, equally isolated volcanic massifs.
At 5,137m/16,860ft the main peak, Great Ararat (Büyük Agri Dagi), is the highest mountain in Turkey; it is separated from the 3,896m/12,786ft summit of Little Ararat (Küçük Agri Dagi) by a 2,600m/8,533ft high col. Because of its great height
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