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Mount Ararat is a polygenic, compound stratovolcano. Covering an area of 1,100 km 2 (420 sq mi), it is the largest volcanic edifice within the region. Along its northwest–southeast trending long axis, Mount Ararat is about 45 kilometers (28 mi) long and is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) long along its short axis.
List of Mountains in Turkey; Name Altitude Mountain Range Coordinates Büyük Ağrı (Mount Ararat) : 5,137 m (16,854 ft) Ağrı (Armenian HighlandsGelyansın or Uludoruk (Reşko Tepesi)
Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. Regarding parents, ... Mount Ararat: 67. Mount Marcus Baker: Chugach Mountains
Mount Elbrus is 832 m ... and all mountains over 4,500 m height with 300 m prominence. Mount Ağr ... Mount Ararat in Turkey, ...
Depiction of Noah's ark landing on the "mountains of Ararat", from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century). In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew הָרֵי אֲרָרָט , Tiberian hārê ’Ǎrārāṭ, Septuagint: τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ) [1] is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to rest after the Great Flood. [2]
Archaeologists believe they may have discovered the final location of Noah’s Ark on Turkey’s Mount Ararat. ... Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest on the mountains of Ararat following a ...
The highlands are divided into western and eastern regions, defined by the Ararat Valley where Mount Ararat is located. Western Armenia is nowadays referred to as eastern Anatolia, and Eastern Armenia as the Lesser Caucasus or Caucasus Minor, and historically as the Anti-Caucasus, [3] [4] meaning "opposite the Caucasus".
The Ararat Valley is located in the southwestern part of Armenia, stretching along the Aras River. It lies at an altitude ranging between 800 and 1,000 meters (2,624 to 3,280 feet), and is part of the broader Armenian Highland. This valley is bordered to the west by the Turkish border, where Mount Ararat, a volcanic massif, rises. [1]