Little Ararat

Little Ararat

Infobox Mountain
Name= Little Ararat
Photo=Yerevan Mount Ararat.jpg| Caption=Mount Ararat, with Little Ararat at left
Elevation= Convert|3925|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=Doğubeyazıt District, Ağrı Province, Turkey
Prominence = approx. 1,200 m (4,000 ft)
Coordinates = coord|39|39|N|44|24|E|type:mountain
Type=Stratovolcano
Age=
Last eruption=

Little Ararat, also known as Mount Sis or Lesser Ararat ( _tr. Küçük Ağrı, _hy. Փոքր Արարատ, _ku. Çîyayê Piçûkê), is the sixth tallest peak in modern Turkey. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than five miles west of Turkey's border with Iran. Despite being dwarfed by its higher and far more famous neighbor, Little Ararat is a significant volcano of its own with an almost perfectly symmetrical, conical form and smooth constructional slopes. It rises about 1,200 m (4,000 ft) above the saddle connecting it with the main peak.

ee also

* Ararat anomaly
* Mountains of Ararat
* Searches for Noah's Ark

References

* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=18845 Little Ararat, Turkey] , from Peakbagger.com


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