Mount Erek

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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
Elevation3.204 m (10.51 ft)
See Elevation section
Coordinates38°27′14″N 43°29′42″E / 38.4539°N 43.495°E / 38.4539; 43.495
Naming
Native nameErek Dağı (Turkish)
Geography
Mount Erek is located in Turkey
Mount Erek
Mount Erek
Location in Turkey
LocationVan, Turkey
Parent rangeArmenian 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

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  1. ^ "Erek Dağı (Van)" (pdf) (in Turkish). Lokman Kayci. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Russell, James R. (1987). Zoroastrianism in Armenia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-674-96850-9.