Mount Erek
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| Mount Erek | |
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| File:Spacer.gif File:Erek Dağı Ay'ın Doğuşu.jpg A view from Mount Erek (September 2017) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3.204 m (10.51 ft) See Elevation section |
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| Naming | |
| Native name | Erek Dağı (Turkish) |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Van, Turkey |
| Parent range | Armenian Highlands |
Mount Erek (Turkish: Erek Dağı, Armenian: Վարագա լեռ, Varaga leř, Kurdish: Çiyayê Erek) a mountain 3,204 meters high overlooking the city of Van in eastern Turkey.[1]
The prominent, now ruined, Armenian monastery of Varagavank ("monastery of Varag") is located at the foot of the mountain. The toponym Varag may have originated from a Middle Iranian of "crow" (waragh in modern Persian).[2]
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