Mount Ararat

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mountain natural landmark stratovolcano volcanic massif

Mount Ararat is a prominent snow-capped volcanic massif in eastern Turkey traditionally revered as the resting place of Noah’s Ark and a powerful cultural and national symbol for Armenians.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ararat massif	1
Ağrı Dağı	1
Biblical Mount Ararat	1
Greater Ararat	1
Lesser Ararat	1
Mount Ararat (landing of the Ark)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ natural landmark ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ volcanic massif ⓘ
commonAscentRouteFrom	Doğubayazıt ⓘ
coordinates	39.702°N 44.298°E ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
elevation	16854 ft ⓘ 5137 m ⓘ
featuredIn	Armenian art ⓘ Armenian folklore ⓘ Armenian literature ⓘ
featuredOn	Coat of arms of Armenia ⓘ surface form: coat of arms of Armenia
firstAscentYear	1829 ⓘ
firstRecordedAsClimbedBy	Friedrich Parrot NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge	Quaternary ⓘ
hasCrater	yes ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Armenians ⓘ
hasGlaciers	true ⓘ
hasSecondaryPeak	Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lesser Ararat
hasSubpeak	Eastern summit ⓘ Western summit ⓘ
hasSummitName	Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater Ararat
highestPointOf	Armenian Highlands ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
lastEruption	1840 ⓘ
locatedIn	Ağrı Province ⓘ eastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion	eastern Turkey ⓘ surface form: Eastern Anatolia Region
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ surface form: Book of Genesis (as mountains of Ararat)
mountainRange	Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ararat massif
nameInArmenian	Արարատ ⓘ
nameInKurdish	Çiyayê Agirî ⓘ
nameInTurkish	Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ağrı Dağı
nearBorderWith	Armenia ⓘ Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ⓘ surface form: Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan exclave) Iran ⓘ
prominence	3611 m ⓘ
protectedStatus	partly within Mount Ararat National Park or protected area ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ
snowCapped	true ⓘ
symbolOf	Armenian culture ⓘ Armenian national identity ⓘ
traditionalIdentificationAs	resting place of Noah's Ark ⓘ
typeOfVolcano	dormant volcano ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt	Armenian Highlands volcanic province ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noah → associatedWithPlace → Mount Ararat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Ararat (landing of the Ark)

First Republic of Armenia → coatOfArmsFeature → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Surmalu uezd → contains → Mount Ararat ⓘ

eastern Turkey → containsMountain → Mount Ararat ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Turkey

Coat of arms of Armenia → featuresElement → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Mount Ararat → hasSecondaryPeak → Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Ararat

Mount Ararat → hasSummitName → Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Ararat

Armenian Highlands → highestPoint → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Armenian Highlands → mountainRange → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Mount Ararat → mountainRange → Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ararat massif

Mount Ararat → nameInTurkish → Mount Ararat self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ağrı Dağı

Mount Ararat Cemetery → namedAfter → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Armenia → nationalSymbol → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Armenian Highlands → symbolicMountain → Mount Ararat ⓘ

Coat of arms of Armenia → symbolizes → Mount Ararat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblical Mount Ararat