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Mount Ararat is depicted along with the ark on its peak on the shield on an orange background. [166] The emblem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Armenia) was created by the painters Martiros Saryan and Hakob Kojoyan in 1921. [167] Mount Ararat is depicted in the center and makes up a large portion of it. [168]
A third theory states that "Arayat" was formerly known as "Alaya," meaning "east." Thus, "bunduk alaya" or "eastern mountain" referred to Mt. Arayat. This source also suggests that "Arayat" is of Spanish origin. A contemporary researcher believes that Mt. Arayat is the same as the biblical Mt. Ararat, where Noah's Ark landed.
Little Ararat [a] (Armenian: Փոքր Արարատ, romanized: Pok'r Ararat; Turkish: Küçük Ağrı; Kurdish: Agiriyê Biçûk) 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 .
Mount Aragats has a topographic prominence of 2,143 meters, more than some higher mountains, such as Dykh-Tau (5,205 m high) in the Russian part of Great Caucasus Range. Situated 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of the Armenian capital Yerevan, Aragats is a large volcano with numerous fissure vents and adventive cones. Numerous large lava flows ...
Depiction of Noah's ark landing on the "mountains of Ararat", from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century). In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew הָרֵי אֲרָרָט , Tiberian hārê ’Ǎrārāṭ, Septuagint: τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ) [1] is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to rest after the Great Flood. [2]
Archaeologists believe they may have discovered the final location of Noah’s Ark on Turkey’s Mount Ararat. ... Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest on the mountains of Ararat following a ...
The Ararat Valley is located in the southwestern part of Armenia, stretching along the Aras River. It lies at an altitude ranging between 800 and 1,000 meters (2,624 to 3,280 feet), and is part of the broader Armenian Highland. This valley is bordered to the west by the Turkish border, where Mount Ararat, a volcanic massif, rises. [1]
The gorge on Mount Ararat where the landslide occurred. A large landslide occurred on the northeastern flank of the volcano, forming the Ahora Gorge. It destroyed the Saint Hakob of Akori monastery and Akory. Movement ceased at an elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft) where a natural dam formed.