Mount Artos

Mount Artos (Turkish: Çadır Dağı, lit.'Mount Tent', Armenian: Արտոս, Kurdish: Çiyayê Artosê, Arabic:جبل ارتوس,) is a mountain (dormant volcano) in Van Province in eastern Turkey.[1]

Mount Artos
The dormant volcano Mount Artos viewed from Akdamar Island in Lake Van
Highest point
Elevation3.550 m (11.65 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates38°14′46″N 43°06′24″E
Geography
Mount Artos is located in Turkey
Mount Artos
Mount Artos
Location in Turkey
LocationGevaş, Van Province, Turkey
Parent rangeTaurus Mountains, Armenian Highlands
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano

It has a height of 3,515 meters above sea level[2]

Mount Artos and flamingos.

It is around 38 kilometers from Van and around 10 kilometers from Lake Van

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