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Mount Ararat (Turkish AÄŸrı Dağı; Armenian Ô±Ö€Õ¡Ö€Õ¡Õ¿; Kurdish Çîyayê Agirî; Persian آرارات Ararat; Hebrew ×?ררט, Standard Hebrew Ararat, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂrÄ?rÄ?á¹), the tallest peak in modern Turkey, is a snow-capped dormant volcanic cone, located in the far northeast of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of Armenia. The Book of Genesis identifies this mountain range as the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Great Flood described there.
A smaller (3,896 m) cone, Little Mount Ararat, rises just southeast of the main peak. The lava plateau stretches out between the two pinnacles. Technically, Ararat is a stratovolcano, formed of lava flows and pyroclastic ejecta.
The last activity on the mountain was a major earthquake in July 1840 centered around the Ahora Gorge, a northeast trending chasm that drops 1,825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.
The mountain was the setting for the legend of the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat.
Even though the mountain is located in Turkey, Ararat is the national symbol of Armenia, where it is sometimes called Masis (Õ„Õ¡Õ½Õ«Õ½), and was once Armenian territory until it fell to the Turks after a Soviet mediated peace treaty in the early 1920s. Mount Ararat is featured in the center of the Coat of Arms of Armenia. The mountain is often depicted by Armenian artists on paintings, obsidian engravings and backgammon boards. From Yerevan, and practically most of the country, citizens and tourists get a clear glimpse of both Mount Ararat and Little Ararat. Khor Virap, a monastery located just before the border of Turkey, is particularly popular with tourists for its view of of Mount Ararat.
The mountain is also thought to be the place Noah landed after the flood.
An elevation of 5,165 m for Mount Ararat is given by some authorities, but SRTM data shows that this is less accurate than the elevation given here.
A smaller (3,896 m) cone, Little Mount Ararat, rises just southeast of the main peak. The lava plateau stretches out between the two pinnacles. Technically, Ararat is a stratovolcano, formed of lava flows and pyroclastic ejecta.
The last activity on the mountain was a major earthquake in July 1840 centered around the Ahora Gorge, a northeast trending chasm that drops 1,825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.
The mountain was the setting for the legend of the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat.
Even though the mountain is located in Turkey, Ararat is the national symbol of Armenia, where it is sometimes called Masis (Õ„Õ¡Õ½Õ«Õ½), and was once Armenian territory until it fell to the Turks after a Soviet mediated peace treaty in the early 1920s. Mount Ararat is featured in the center of the Coat of Arms of Armenia. The mountain is often depicted by Armenian artists on paintings, obsidian engravings and backgammon boards. From Yerevan, and practically most of the country, citizens and tourists get a clear glimpse of both Mount Ararat and Little Ararat. Khor Virap, a monastery located just before the border of Turkey, is particularly popular with tourists for its view of of Mount Ararat.
The mountain is also thought to be the place Noah landed after the flood.
An elevation of 5,165 m for Mount Ararat is given by some authorities, but SRTM data shows that this is less accurate than the elevation given here.
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