Mount Ararat
Mountains of Turkey - Mount Ararat / Ağrı
Mount Ararat, or Ağrı Dağı as it is known in Turkish, projects a kaleidoscopic appearance changing according to season, time of day and direction of the wind. The province of Iğdır where the mountain is located has an altitude of about 1000 m while Doğubayazıt on the southern side is higher than 2000 m. The weather is generally hazy in Iğdır while it is crystal clear in Doğubayazıt. Due to climatic differences the mountain appears Janus-faced. There is vegetation up to an altitude of 3000 m on Small Mount Ararat.
Mount Ararat is flanked by Small Mount Ararat on one side and the mountains of Iran on the other, against a backdrop of the mountains of Armenia. The setting sun throws the shadows of the two Ararats first on Iğdır plain and then on Armenia and Azerbaijan like two gigantesque pyramids.
