Little Ararat

Sixth tallest peak in Turkey

Not to be confused with Mount Sis.

Little Ararat

A view of Little Ararat from Yerevan, Armenia

Highest point
Elevation| 3,925 m (12,877 ft)
Prominence| approx. 1,200 m (4,000 ft)
Isolation| 8.66 km (5.38 mi)
Coordinates| 39°39′N 44°24′E﻿ / ﻿39.650°N 44.400°E﻿ / 39.650; 44.400
Geography

Little Ararat

Doğubeyazıt District, Ağrı Province, Turkey

Parent range| Armenian Highlands
Geology
Mountain type| Stratovolcano

Little Ararat or Lesser Ararat (Turkish: Küçük Ağrı; Armenian: Փոքր Արարատ, romanized: Pok'r Ararat; Kurdish: Agiriyê Biçûk), also known as Mount Sis (Armenian: Սիս, romanized: Sis[1]), is the sixth-tallest peak and a stratovolcano in Turkey. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than 5 mi (8.0 km) 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.[citation needed] Little Ararat rises about 1,296 m (4,252 ft) above the Serdarbulak lava plateau, which forms a saddle connecting it with the main peak.[2]

## History[edit]

On 8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1829, Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian climbed Little Ararat.[3] Its eastern flank was 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."[4] Turkey crossed the border and militarily occupied the region, which Iran eventually agreed to cede to Ankara in a territorial exchange.[5][6] The related treaty was signed on 23 January 1932.[7]

## See also[edit]

* Mountains of Ararat

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ Richard G. Hovannisian (2011). The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies. Transaction Publishers. p. 113\. ISBN 9781412835923.
2. ^ "Mount Agri (Ararat)". anatolia.com. 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2021. "Little Mount Agri (Ararat) reaches up to 3896 meters; the Serdarbulak lava plateau (2600 m) stretches out between the two pinnacles."
3. ^ Parrot, Friedrich (2016) [1846]. Journey to Ararat. Translated by William Desborough Cooley. Introduction by Pietro A. Shakarian. London: Gomidas Institute. pp. 183–184. ISBN 978-1909382244.
4. ^ Yildiz, Kerim; Taysi, Tanyel B. (2007). The Kurds in Iran: The Past, Present and Future. London: Pluto Press. p. 71\. ISBN 978-0745326696.
5. ^ Parrot, p. xxiii
6. ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 92\. ISBN 978-0300153088.
7. ^ "Chronology". Bulletin of International News. 8 (16): 26. 4 February 1932. JSTOR 25639018.

### Sources[edit]

* "Little Ararat, Turkey". Peakbagger.com.

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* Akdağ
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* Cilo
* Davraz
* Demirkazık
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* Göllü
* Hasan
* Honaz
* Judi
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* Karacadağ
* Karadağ
* Karagöl
* Kaz (Ida)
* Kula
* Küçük Ağrı
* Madur
* Mahya
* Medetsiz
* Nemrut
* Nemrut (volcano)
* Nif
* Palandöken
* Sarıçalı
* Spil
* Sultan
* Süphan
* Şaphane
* Tahtalı
* Tendürek
* Topçambaba
* Uludağ
* Yamanlar
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