İlandağ is a
mountain peak
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of the
Lesser Caucasus
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range, located in the
Julfa District
Julfa District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Ordubad, Babek, Shahbuz, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia and the East Azerbaijan Province of Ira ...
of
Nakhchivan,
Azerbaijan
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. It has an elevation of above
sea level
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,
[Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası Bakı 2007 səh.17] which also is visible from Nakhchivan City
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. According to legend, the cleft in its summit was formed by the keel of Noah's Ark as the floodwaters abated.[Plunkett and Masters. ''Lonely Planet'', p. 246.]
See also
* Mount Judi
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in southeast Anatolia, Turkey
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* Mausoleum
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of Nuh or Noah
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* The Sinjar Mountains
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in Nineveh Governorate
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, Iraq
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References
Two-thousanders of the Caucasus
Mountains of Azerbaijan
Noah's Ark
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