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Mountains Of 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 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 Plateau * Yalnızçam Mountains in the Eastern Anatolia Region Mountains of Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatolia Composite NASA
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The region is bounded by the Turkish Straits to the northwest, the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highlands to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west. The Sea of Marmara forms a connection between the Black and Aegean seas through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits and separates Anatolia from Thrace on the Balkan peninsula of Southeast Europe. The eastern border of Anatolia has been held to be a line between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Black Sea, bounded by the Armenian Highlands to the east and Mesopotamia to the southeast. By this definition Anatolia comprises approximately the western two-thirds of the Asian part of Turkey. Today, Anatolia is sometimes considered to be synonymous with Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tendürek
Tendürek ( tr, Tendürek Dağı, hy, Թոնդրակ, Tondrak) is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı Province, Ağrı and Van Province, Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. Two main cones with a crater each and several minor lateral cones form the edifice. The edifice dates 700,000–500,000 years BP to 13,000 BP and is mostly constructed from basaltic lavas, with some pyroclastics and trachytic/trachyandesitic lavas. It has a volume of more than 300 km3 and covers a surface area of about 650 km2. Pyroclastic cones with basaltic lava flows on the eastern side of the mountain are around 2,500 years old. The last known eruption may have been a gas and ash eruption in 1855, and hydrothermal systems exist on the volcano. Since 1993, the volcano has been subsiding in a ring fault. The Armenian language, Armenian name for the mountain was Tondrak. The medieval Armenian Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demirkazık Peak
Demirkazık Peak ( tr, Demirkazık Dağı) is a summit in Aladağlar a portion of Toros Mountains, Turkey. (''Demirkazık'', literally "iron post" is the name of several summits in Turkey) Administratively, it is a part of Çamardı ilçe (district) of Niğde Province Niğde Province ( tr, ) is a province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Population is 341,412 (2013 est) of which 141,360 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 2000 and 305,861 in 1990. It covers an area of 7, ... at . Turkish Geography Atlas gives its altitude as . Being a conical mountain, it is a famous peak among the mountaineers. However, it may not be the highest point of the mountain range. First successful climbing to the summit was by Georg Künne, Wilhelm Martin, his wife Marianne, Veli Çavuş and their guide Yunus in July 1927. References {{Mountains of Turkey Mountains of Turkey Landforms of Niğde Province Çamardı District Three-thousanders of Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladağlar
The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from el, Αντίταυρος) 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 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 north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ....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 Three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kızılkaya (mountain)
Kızılkaya, also called Kızılkaya Peak ( tr, Demirkazık Dağı), 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. Until recently, the highest peak there was Demirkazık Peak Demirkazık Peak ( tr, Demirkazık Dağı) is a summit in Aladağlar a portion of Toros Mountains, Turkey. (''Demirkazık'', literally "iron post" is the name of several summits in Turkey) Administratively, it is a part of Çamardı ilçe (distri ..., 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 ( tr, Sis Dağı) 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 ( tr, Sis Dağı Şenlikleri) 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 ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... References Mountains of Turkey Landforms of Giresun Province {{Giresun-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Ararat
Little Ararat or Lesser Ararat ( tr, Küçük Ağrı; hy, Փոքր Արարատ, translit=Pok'r Ararat; ku, Agiriyê Biçûk) also known as Mount Sis (), is the sixth-tallest peak 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 peak and eastern flank were 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Erciyes
Mount Erciyes ( tr, Erciyes Dağı), also known as Argaeus (Greek: ) is a volcano in Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of andesitic and 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 during the early Holocene. The last eruptions occurred during the early Holocene and may have deposited ash as far away as Palestine; the occurrence of historical volcanism is uncertain. Future eruptions of Erciyes may endanger the nearby cities to the north. The vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
