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Mount Erek

●Արեւմտահայերէն ●Հայերեն ●مصرى ●Norsk nynorsk ●Türkçe ●Türkmençe Edit links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version In other projects ●Wikimedia Commons Appearance Coordinates: 38°27′14″N 43°29′42″E / 38.4539°N 43.495°E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 / 38.4539; 43.495

Naming

Native name

Erek Dağı (Turkish)

Geography

Mount Erek

Location in Turkey

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]