Karabakh Plateau

The Karabakh Plateau or Syunik Plateau (Armenian: Սյունիքի բարձրավանդակ, romanized: Syuniki bardzravandak, Azerbaijani: Qarabağ yaylası) is a volcanic plateau of the Lesser Caucasus, in Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the most eastern point of Armenian Highlands. It extends from the south of the Murovdag/Mrav range towards the East Sevan Range. (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia locates the plateau (Карабахское нагорье) between the Zangezur Mountains and the Karabakh Range.[1]) The Hakari river (Akera, Akari, left tributary of the Aras) separates it form the Karabakh Range. The highest point is Dəlidağ (3616 m). It features a number of extinct volcanoes, the highest being Qızılboğaz (3581 m).

References
  1. "Карабахское нагорье" (in Russian). Retrieved 2013-12-25.

39.5840°N 46.1761°E / 39.5840; 46.1761

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