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]
| Mount Erek | |
|---|---|
  A view from Mount Erek (September 2017) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3.204 m (10.51 ft) See Elevation section |
| Coordinates | 38°27′14″N 43°29′42″E / 38.4539°N 43.495°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Erek Dağı (Turkish) |
| Geography | |
  Mount Erek Location in Turkey | |
| Location | Van, Turkey |
| Parent range | Armenian Highlands |
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]
References edit
- ^ "Erek Dağı (Van)" (pdf) (in Turkish). Lokman Kayci. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ Russell, James R. (1987). Zoroastrianism in Armenia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-674-96850-9.
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