Mount Kirs

Mount Kirs (Azerbaijani: Böyük Kirs Dağı; Armenian: Մեծ Քիրս Լեռ, romanized: Mets K'irs Lerr) is the highest peak in the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus in Azerbaijan at an altitude of 2,725 metres. Before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was the highest mountain of the breakaway Republic of Arstakh.[1][2] It forms the border between the Khojavend and Shusha districts of Azerbaijan.

Mount Kirs
Highest point
Elevation2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Coordinates39°38′51″N 46°44′45″E
Naming
Native name
Geography
Mount Kirs is located in Caucasus mountains
Mount Kirs
Mount Kirs
Location of the mountain
Mount Kirs is located in Azerbaijan
Mount Kirs
Mount Kirs
Mount Kirs (Azerbaijan)
Country Azerbaijan
  • Mount Kirs as seen from the Shusha District during winter.
    Mount Kirs as seen from the Shusha District during winter.
  • Mount Kirs as seen from the city of Shusha
    Mount Kirs as seen from the city of Shusha
  • Mount Kirs as seen from a road
    Mount Kirs as seen from a road

References
  1. "World atlas". 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  2. "Wikiloc". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
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