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Fun fact 5 about Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline in spring (50mm)
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Mount Ararat is widely considered the principal national symbol of Armenia, despite lying outside its modern borders.

Mount Ararat
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Mount Ararat

Turkey

Elevation
5,137 m
Countries
Turkey
27th tallest mountain in the world

Mount Ararat, officially Mount Ağrı, also known as Masis, is a snow- capped and dormant compound volcano in easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat.

From the “Significance for Armenians” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Սէրուժ Ուրիշեան (Serouj Ourishian) · CC BY 4.0