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Mount Ararat
Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
Elevation:	5,137 metres (16,854 ft)
Location:	Turkey
Range:	Caucasus Mountains
Prominence:	3,611 m
Coordinates:	39°42′N, 44°17′E
Type:	Stratovolcano
Age of rock:
Last eruption:	within the past 10,000 years

"Ararat" redirects here. For other uses, see Ararat (disambiguation).

Mount Ararat (Turkish Ağrı Dağı; Kurdish Çîyayê Agirî;Armenian Արարատ; Persian آرارات; Hebrew אררט, Standard Hebrew Ararat, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂrārāṭ), 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 as the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Great Flood described there.

A smaller (3896 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 1825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.

Contents 1 History 2 Symbolism 3 Elevation 4 See also 5 External links

History

The mountain was the setting for the legend of the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat.

Symbolism

Even though the mountain is located in Turkey, Ararat is the national symbol of Armenia, where it is sometimes called Masis (Մասիս), 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 clearly visible from most locations in Armenia, including the capital city of Yerevan (from Armenia it is best visible from the Khor Virap monastery, though) and is often depicted by Armenian artists on paintings, obsidian engravings and backgammon boards.

Elevation

An elevation of 5165m for Mount Ararat is given by some authorities, but SRTM data shows that this is less accurate than the elevation given here.

See also

• Ararat anomaly

External links

• Kurds of Ararat
• Mt. Ararat Pictures from Armenia
• Mount Ararat live webcam
• NASA Earth Observatory page
• Space shuttle image and basic details.
• Global Volcanism Program, Mount Ararat page.
• Insight article about the Ararat Anomaly
• The Mountain of Noah - Biblical references to Mount Ararat

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