Mount Ararat
highest peak in Turkey
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Summary
Mount Ararat is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.098% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,073 views/month, #13 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ağrı Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Continent: Asia[5]
- Instance of: volcano[6], stratovolcano[7]
- Commons category: Mount Ararat[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Ararat[9]
- Commons gallery: Mount Ararat[10]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopedic Lexicon[13], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[15], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[18], Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[23], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[24]
- Heritage designation: Important Bird Area[25]
- Native label: Ağrı dağı[26]
- Different from: Mount Ararat[27]
- Elevation above sea level: 5137 m[28]
- Topographic isolation: 379.29 km[29]
- Topographic prominence: 3611 m[30]
- Parent peak: Damavand[31]
- Mountain range: Armenian Highlands[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Ararat include Ararat[33], a city or town in Armenia[34], in Armenia[35], founded in 1930[36] and Mount Ararat Square[37], a square[38], in Argentina[39].
Why It Matters
Mount Ararat has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Ararat[33], a city or town in Armenia[34], in Armenia[35], founded in 1930[36] and Mount Ararat Square[37], a square[38], in Argentina[39].