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Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey; Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). [6] The Ararat massif is about 35 km (22 mi) wide at ground base. [ 7 ] The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot , Khachatur Abovian , and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829.
Cilo-Sat Mountains are the eastern extension of the Taurus Mountains and are in Hakkari province; Nur Mountains (South Anatolia) Pontic Mountains (in Turkish, Kuzey Anadolu Dağları, meaning North Anatolian Mountains) range along the southern coast of the Black Sea in northern Turkey Kaçkar Mountains form the eastern end of the Pontic Mountains
[4] One of the greatest monks of the Christian East, the wonder-working Byzantine monk Saint Joannicius the Great, lived as a hermit on this mountain. Mt. Uludağ is the highest mountain of the Marmara region. Its highest peak is Kartaltepe at 2,543 m (8,343 ft). To the north are high plateaus: Sarıalan, Kirazlıyayla, Kadıyayla, and Sobra.
The Taurus Mountains (Turkish: Toros Dağları or Toroslar, Greek: Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east.
Tahtalı Dağı, also known as Lycian Olympus, is a mountain near Kemer, a seaside resort on the Turkish Riviera in Antalya Province, Turkey. It was known as Olympus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος; also transliterated as Olympos) and Phoenicus or Phoinikous (Ancient Greek: Φοινικοῦς) in ancient times. [1]
The name Kaçkar (from Armenian khachkar (Խաչքար) [3] literally meaning "cross stone" [4]) may be used in various senses.It may describe the whole mountain range, including the many mountain groups, or it may just describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with its highest peak, or just the highest peak itself.
A mountain in Turkey shows evidence of human activity in the area around the time the Biblical flood is said to have taken place. ... Soil samples from atop the highest peaks in Turkey reveal ...
The Kaçkar Mountains (Turkish: Kaçkar Dağları; Armenian: Քաջքար, Kajkar), formerly known as the Lazistan Mountains [1] [2] or the Mountains of Khaghtik [need quotation to verify] (Armenian: Խաղտեաց լեռներ), [3] are a mountain range that rises above the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey. With the highest peak, Kaçkar ...