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Mountains Of Turkey
Mountain ranges of Turkey * Armenian Highlands range across Eastern Turkey including Mount Ararat, Agri (Ararat) * Taurus Mountains range across southern Turkey between the coast and the Anatolian Plateau. Subranges include **Akdağlar (or White Mountains) are in the south-western **Beydağlar (or Bey Mountains) **Tahtalı Mountain Range south west Anatolia * Anti-Taurus Mountains (''Aladağlar'') are in southern and eastern Turkey ** 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 ** Köroğlu Mountains (Northwest Anatolia) * Yıldız Mountains (Istranca or Strandzha) are in the European part of Turkey and in Bulgaria * Sultan Mountains on the western edge of the Anatolian P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatolia Composite NASA
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north. The eastern and southeastern limits have been expanded either to the entirety of Asiatic Turkey or to an imprecise line from the Black Sea to the Gulf of Alexandretta. Topographically, the Sea of Marmara connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, and separates Anatolia from Thrace in Southeast Europe. During the Neolithic, Anatolia was an early centre for the development of farming after it originated in the adjacent Fertile Crescent. Beginning around 9,000 years ago, there was a major migration of Anatolian Neolithic Farmers into Neolithic Europe, Europe, with their descendants coming to dominate the continent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalnızçam Mountains
The Arsiani Range () or ( ka, არსიანის ქედი, ''arsianis kedi'') is a mountain range in Eastern Anatolia Region, northeast Turkey, and the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, southwest Georgia. The range, continuing the Lesser Caucasus to the Armenian Highlands, forms the watershed between the river valleys of Çoruh/Chorokhi and Kura/Mtkvari. The highest peak is that of "Yalnızçam" or "Arsiani" (3,165 m). See also * Q'ueli Q'ueli ( ka, ყუელი) or Q'uelis-tsikhe (ყუელისციხე, "fortress of Q'ueli") was a medieval Georgia (country), Georgian fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani Range (Yalnızçam Dağları), now within the bo ... References Mountain ranges of Georgia (country) Mountain ranges of Turkey Eastern Anatolia region Geography of Adjara Important Bird Areas of Turkey {{Turkey-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladağlar
The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from ) or Aladaglar are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains. At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in central Anatolia as a whole. It is a massive stratovolcano located in the northern part of the Anti-Taurus. The ancient Greek geographer and historian Strabo wrote that in his time the summit was never free of snow and that the few climbers who ascended it could see both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ....Strabo, ''Geographica'' 12.2.7. Parts of the Anti-Taurus Mountains are protected within the Aladağlar National Park. Notes Mountain ranges of Turkey Central Anatolia region Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kızılkaya (mountain)
Kızılkaya, also called Kızılkaya Peak (), is a summit located in Aladağlar National Park between the provinces of Niğde and Kayseri, Turkey. At a height of , it is the highest peak of the Anti-Taurus Mountains The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from ) or Aladaglar are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains. At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in ce .... Until recently, the highest peak there was Demirkazık Peak, but in 2008, the height of Kızılkaya was registered as 3771.418 meters in GPS measurements made with the initiative of the General Directorate of Mapping and the Turkish Mountaineering Federation. References {{Mountains of Turkey Mountains of Turkey Landforms of Kayseri Province Landforms of Niğde Province Three-thousanders of Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Sis
Mount Sis () is a mountain in Görele, Giresun Province, Turkey, very near the border with Trabzon Province. Its elevation is 2182 m (7159 ft) and it is part of the Pontic Mountains. Mount Sis Festival () attracts hundreds of people from Giresun and Trabzon to visit Mount Sis. During the festival, traditional costumes are worn by visitors. The first Mount Sis Festival is thought to be held in 1830s. Mount Sis has also a plateau which is called "Sis Dağı Yaylası" in Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... References Mountains of Turkey Landforms of Giresun Province {{Giresun-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Ararat
Little Ararat (; ; ) is the sixth-tallest peak and a stratovolcano in Turkey. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than west of Turkey’s border with Iran. Despite being dwarfed by its higher and far more famous neighbor, Little Ararat is a significant volcano in its own right, with an almost perfectly symmetrical, conical form and smooth constructional slopes. Little Ararat rises about above the Serdarbulak lava plateau, which forms a saddle connecting it with the main peak. History On , Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian climbed Little Ararat. Its eastern flank was on the Iranian side of the border until the early 1930s. During the Kurdish Ararat rebellion, Kurdish rebels used the area "as a haven against the state in their uprising." Turkey crossed the border and militarily occupied the region, which Iran eventually agreed to cede to Ankara in a territorial exchange. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Erciyes
Mount Erciyes () is an inactive volcano in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many Monogenetic volcanic field, monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of Andesite, andesitic and Dacite, dacitic composition. At some time in the past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east. The volcano began to form in the Miocene. At first, a volcano farther east named formed from lava flows. Then, again to the east, large explosive eruptions formed a caldera. During the Pleistocene, Mount Erciyes proper grew inside the caldera together with a group of lava domes. Lateral eruptions of Erciyes may have generated ash layers in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean during the early Holocene. The last eruptions occurred during the early Holocene and may have deposited ash as far away as Palestine (region), Palestine; the occurrence of historical volcanism is uncertain. Future eruptions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilo Dağı
Mount Cilo (; ; ) is the second highest mountain in Turkey after Greater Mount Ararat (Büyük Ağrı Dağı; ). It is high on its highest summit Reşko, also known as Gelyaşin or Uludoruk, and lies in the Hakkâri Dağları/Mountains, located in the East Taurus (Tr.: "Doğu Toroslar"), in the district of Yüksekova of the Hakkâri Province in southeasternmost part of Turkey in East Anatolia region. Description The craggy massif Mount Cilo is long and builds the western part of the Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park which was established in 2020. The mountains are characterized by an extremely rugged topography with high, pointed summits, sharp and jagged ridges, very steep or even occasionally vertical rock (primarily limestone) cliffs/walls and deep gorges and a few glaciers which are losing their volume and retreating since last decades due to global warming! The massif's second (and Turkey's third at all) highest peak Suppa Durek, a.k.a. Erinç Tepe (), is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uludoruk Glacier
Uludoruk Glacier is a glacier on Mount Uludoruk, one of the Taurus Mountains and the second highest mountain in Turkey. Between 1948 and 2009 the glacier retreated per year, due to climate change in Turkey. See also * Ark of Nuh or Noah * Armenian highlands * List of mountains in Turkey * Zagros Mountains ** Cilo Dağı ** Mount Judi Mount Judi (; ; ; ) is a mountain in Turkey. It was considered in antiquity to be Noah's or "Place of Descent", the location where the Ark came to rest after the Great Flood, according to very early Christian and Islamic traditions (the latter ... References Geography of Hakkâri Province Glaciers of Turkey Mountains of the Armenian Highlands Uludoruk Taurus Mountains Zagros Mountains {{EAnatolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
