Cilo Dağı (; ) is the third highest mountain in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. It is high and lies in the Hakkâri Dağları chain, located in the eastern
Taurus
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus
* '' Bos tauru ...
, in the
district of Yüksekova of the
Hakkâri Province
Hakkâri Province (, tr, Hakkâri ili, ku, Parêzgeha Colemêrgê), is a province in the southeast of Turkey. The administrative centre is the city of Hakkâri. The province covers an area of 7,121 km² and had a population of 286,470 in ...
.
Description
Cilo Dağı is part of Cilo mountain range, which is long. The
Uludoruk (), located in the immediate vicinity ({{convert, 4, km, mile, abbr=on away), is the second highest mountain in Turkey. In 1984, the area was closed to civilians. It was not until 2002 that a team of mountaineers was authorized to climb again the Cilo mountains.
Hürriyet, 28. September 2002
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See also
* Ark
Ark or ARK may refer to:
Biblical narratives and religion Hebrew word ''teva''
* Noah's Ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save the world's animals from a flood
* Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses
Hebrew ''aron''
* ...
of Nuh or Noah
* List of mountains in Turkey
Mountain ranges of Turkey
* 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 M ...
** Mount Judi
tr, Cudi Dağı ku, Çiyayê Cûdî syr, ܩܪܕܘ, Qardū
, photo = Cudi-dagh-tr-1829.jpg
, photo_caption = The mountain range, as seen from Şırnak in the north, southeast Anatolia
, elevation_m = 2,089
, elevation_re ...
References
External links
Sketch of the range
Geography of Hakkâri Province
Important Bird Areas of Turkey
Mountains of the Armenian Highlands
Cilo
Cilo was a Swiss manufacturer of bicycles that filed for bankruptcy in 2002. The bicycles were produced on the shores of Lake Geneva in Romanel-sur-Lausanne in the Vaud canton.
''Cilo'' is an acronym for Charles Jean Lausanne-Oron. The abbrev ...
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains