Mount Ararat

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Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı, Armenian: Արարատ, Greek: Αραράτ, Hebrew: אררט, Kurdish: Agirî, Persian: آرارات) is located in extreme northeast Turkey, close to the borders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Ararat consists of two volcanic peaks: Big Ararat (5,137 m) and Little Ararat (3,914 m). No eruptions of Mt. Ararat have ever been recorded, but the mountain is likely to have erupted within the past 10,000 years. Located far from any plate boundaries, the underlying cause of volcanism at Mt. Ararat is not well understood.

Türkçe: Ağrı Dağı (Selçuklular döneminde; Eğri Dağ, resmi adıyla Büyük Ağrı Dağı), Türkiye'nin en yüksek dağıdır.

[edit] Photographs

Mount Ararat in July 2007 with Khor Virap monastery in the foreground.	A distant view to Khor Virap monastery with Mount Ararat visible in the mist at the left	Khor Virap monastery in front of Mount Ararat	Yerevan with Mount Ararat
Yerevan with Mount Ararat in the background	A clear picture of Ararat Mountain from Yerevan	Mount Ararat visible above the clouds 1	Mount Ararat visible above the clouds 2
Mount Ararat visible above the clouds 3	Mount Ararat seen from west	Mount Ararat seen from east of Doğubeyazıt	Mount Ararat frow a Western Armenia perspective
	Mount Ararat from Igdir/Turkey	Mount Ararat from Igdir/Turkey	Mount Ararat from Igdir/Turkey
Mount Ararat from Igdir/Turkey in Winter

[edit] Climbing route

Ararat with village	Top from vilage below	Ararat and truck loaded with mounteners	Serbian team in base camp at 3200m
View at plato below(around 4000m)	Look at small Ararat(around 4000m)	Horses carring bagage(around 4000m)	Base camp at 4200m
Base camp at 4200m	Climbing route at 4700m	Snow covered top from 4900m	Serbian team on top of Ararat
View at the top from 2700m	Armenians on the summit 5137m	Armenian Team on the summit 5137m	Turkish Climbers on the summit 5137m