Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat Ağrı Dağı
Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
Highest point
Elevation	5,137 metres (16,854 ft), see section
Prominence	3,611 m ranked 48th
Isolation	379 km (235 mi)
Coordinates	39°42.26′N 44°17.5′E
Geography
Location	Iğdır Province, Turkey
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1840

Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı; Armenian: Արարատ; Kurdish: Grîdax‎ or Çiyayê Agirî) is the tallest peak in the Armenian Highlands and modern-day Turkey. The mountain is always capped with snow, and it is a dormant volcano.

It is in Iğdır Province, near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of the Armenian border and Northern Kurdistan.

History

The people and area who lived in this area was the Armenian kingdom of Ararat (in Assyrian: Urartu). Armenians lived here for nearly 3000 years. In the 16th century the mountain became part of the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid dynasty of Persia. Later it was the border of Russia. In 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne put Ararat in the administration of Turkey. It is a national symbol of Armenia and an object of irredentism.

Gallery

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  Ararat, Climbing route at 4,700m

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  Ararat, View on snow covered top from 4,900m

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  Ararat, from 2,700m

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  Ararat, from a village

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  Ararat, with clouds behind

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  Ararat, View with truck driving mountiners

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  Ararat, from a Western Armenia perspective

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  Khor Virap monastery in front of Mount Ararat

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  Yerevan, Armenia with Mount Ararat

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  Yerevan, Armenia with Mount Ararat in the background

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  Ararat

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  Ararat at sunset