Babadağ in

Denizli Province Denizli Province () () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in Western Anatolia, on high ground above the Aegean coast. Neighbouring provinces are Uşak to the north, Burdur, Isparta, Afyon to the east, Aydın, Manisa to t ...

is one of two mountains in Turkey with the same name, which translates into English as "Father Mountain". The other Babadağ mountain is in

Muğla Province Muğla Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey, at the country's southwestern corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its area is 12,654 km2, and its population is 1 ...

on the

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. Both are part of the

Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek language, Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain range, mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastal reg ...

. The summit of the Babadağ in Denizli Province is located 23 km away in southwestern direction from

Denizli Denizli is a city in Aegean Region, Aegean Turkey, and seat of the province of Denizli Province, Denizli. The city forms the urban part of the districts Merkezefendi and Pamukkale, Denizli, Pamukkale, with a population of 691 783 in 2024. Denizl ...

, the capital of the province. The mountain has a principal summit at an elevation of , a

prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

of , and an isolation of , which is limited by

Mount Honaz Mount Honaz (), known in ancient sources as Mount Kadmos or Cadmus, is a mountain and a national park, located in southwestern Turkey, east of the province seat of Denizli. In the Battle of Mount Cadmus in the Middle Ages, the Seljuks defeated ...

to the east. The summit of Babadağ is covered by snow yearlong. On the northern slope of the mountain − at an altitude of about 800 m − is the town Babadağ named after the mountain. The area is characterized by the existence of geological fault zones, which have contributed in the past to the occurrence of many landslides. The high risk of landslides in conjunction with seismic activity has led to the evacuation of a substantial part of the town of Babadağ in 2006 and to a relocation of many of the former inhabitants to the Denizli.

Photographs

Babadag_from_the_west.Ataeymir.jpg, View from the west Babadag_seen_from_Afrodisias_theater.jpg, View from the west, from the hill above the theater of

Aphrodisias Aphrodisias (; ) was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and s ...

Babadag_from_the_south.jpg, View from the south Babadag_from_the_south-east.jpg, View from southwest Babadag_from_NE_above_Pamukkale.jpg, View from northeast, from the hills above

Pamukkale Pamukkale, () meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish language, Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of Hot spring, thermal spring water. It is located in ...

Babadağ Landforms of Denizli Province {{Asia-mountain-stub