Mountain ranges of Turkey

Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir ...

range across southern Turkey between the coast and the

Anatolian Plateau The Anatolian Plateau () is a plateau that occupies most of Turkey's surface area. The elevation of the plateau ranges from 600 to 1,200 meters (2,000 to 4,000 ft). Mount Erciyes near Kayseri is the peak at 3,917 m (12,851 ft) ...

. 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 Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: *Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq *Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey *Hakkâri Province, a province in southeast Turkey * Hakkari (e ...

Nur Mountains The Nur Mountains ( tr, Nur Dağları, "Mountains of Holy Light"), formerly known as Alma-Dağ, the ancient Amanus ( grc, Ἁμανός), medieval Black Mountain, or Jabal al-Lukkam in Arabic, is a mountain range in the Hatay Province of south ...

(South Anatolia) *

Pontic Mountains The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Kuzey Anadolu Dağları'', meaning North Anatolian Mountains) form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the ''Parhar Mountains'' in the local Turki ...

(in Turkish, Kuzey Anadolu Dağları, meaning North Anatolian Mountains) range along the southern coast of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

in northern Turkey **

Kaçkar Mountains The Kaçkar Mountains ( tr, Kaçkar Dağları; hy, Խաչքարի լեռներ, lit=Mountains of Khachkars), formerly known as the Lazistan Mountains or the Mountains of Khaghtik (), are a mountain range that rises above the Black Sea coast in n ...

form the eastern end of the Pontic Mountains **

Köroğlu Mountains The Köroğlu Mountains ( Turkish: ''Köroğlu Dağları'') are a mountain range situated in the northern Turkey, north of Ankara. It rises along the North Anatolian Fault and the Black Sea. This range crosses the provinces of Bolu, Çankırı an ...

(Northwest Anatolia) * Yıldız Mountains (Istranca or Strandzha) are in the European part of Turkey and in

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Sultan Mountains The Sultan Mountains ( tr, Sultandağ), also known as Sultan Dagh range or Sultan Dag, is a short mountain range on the western edge of the Anatolian Plateau, Turkey with highest elevation of . The town of Sultandağı is their namesake. They are ...

on the western edge of the Anatolian Plateau *

Yalnızçam Mountains The Arsiani Range ( tr, Yalnızçam Dağları) or ( ka, არსიანის ქედი, ''arsianis k’edi'') is a mountain range in Eastern Anatolia Region, northeast Turkey, and the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, southwest Georgia. The r ...

in the

Eastern Anatolia Region The Eastern Anatolia Region ('' tr, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black ...

Mountains of Turkey

Gallery

File:Cudi Dagh Klosterruine.jpg, Ruins of a

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church on top of

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 ...

, which is associated with the

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of Nuh or

Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...

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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 ran ...

File:Mount_erciyes.jpg, The major ridge and summit of

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 an ...

File:Vulkan_Hasan_Bagi.jpg, Hasan Dağı,

Aksaray Aksaray (, Koine Greek: Ἀρχελαΐς ''Arhelays'', Medieval Greek: Κολώνεια ''Koloneya'', Ancient Greek: Γαρσάουρα ''Garsaura'') is a city in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Aksaray Province. In 202 ...

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Mount Süphan Mount Süphan ( tr, Süphan Dağı, ku, Sîpanê Xelatê, hy, Սիփան, Sipan) is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van. It is the second highest volcano in Turkey, with an elevation of , and has the third h ...

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File:Van1 20.jpg, Mount Artos File:Ararat sil.jpg, Ararat, Climbing route at 4700 m File:Ararat vrh1.jpg, Ararat, View of snow-covered top from 4900 m File:Ararat-Location.png, Ararat-Ağrı Dağı, Location File:Monasterio Khor Virap, Armenia, 2016-10-01, DD 05.jpg, Ararat File:Ararat dalj5.jpg, Ararat, from 2700m File:Ararat dalj2.jpg, Ararat, view with truck driving mountineers File:MountArarat.jpg, Ararat, from west File:Armenia Khorvirap.jpg, Ararat, Khorvirap monastery in front of Mount Ararat File:Akilbaba-Dagi-Espiye-Giresun-1.JPG, Akilbaba Tepesi in the Giresun Mountains Chain in the Black Sea Region of Turkey File:Nemrut17y.jpg, Top of the Nemrut Dağı File:Termessos_solymos_200603.jpg, Termessos with view to mountain Solymos (Güllük Dağı) File:Mount_olympos_turkey.jpg, Olympos, Antalya

References

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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 ...

Mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...