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	Mount Ararat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Ararat (Turkish Ağrı Dağı; Armenian Արարատ; Kurdish Çîyayê Agirî; Persian آرارات Ararat; Hebrew אררט, Standard Hebrew Ararat, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂrārāṭ), the tallest peak in modern Turkey, is a snow-capped dormant volcanic cone, located in the far northeast of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of Armenia.
		Mount Ararat is featured in the center of the Coat of Arms of Armenia.
		Several expeditions to Mount Ararat to search for the Ark have occured, but the Turkish government has closed off the northwestern area of the mountain since the early 1990s due to military conflicts with Kurdish rebels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Ararat (551 words)

	Mount Ararat - All About Turkey
		Ararat is located at Agri in eastern Turkey near the Russian and Iranian borders.
		Ararat is a dormant volcano; the last eruption was on June 2, 1840.
		On 1st of November 2004 Ararat Mountain and surroundings were declared as the 35th National Park of Turkey by the Government so it's believed that it will attract more visitors and help to the local economy as well.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /ararat.htm (708 words)

	Agri/Mount Ararat/Noah's Ark
		Ararat traditionally is associated with the mountain on which Noah's Ark came to rest at the end of the Flood.
		The name Ararat, as it appears in the Bible, is the Hebrew equivalent of Urardhu, or Urartu, the Assyro-Babylonian name of a kingdom that flourished between the Aras and the Upper Tigris rivers from the 9th to the 7th century BC.
		Ararat is sacred to the Armenians, who believe themselves to be the first race of humans to appear in the world after the Deluge.
	www.mondial-tour.com /agri.htm (745 words)

	Mount Ararat Expedition
		Ararat is not a technical peak but cold winds and high altitude make this an excellent choice for climbers interested in making an ascent of this historical peak.
		Ararat is in the east of the Aras mountain range in eastern Turkey, rising at the common borders of Turkey, Armenia and Iran.
		In the summer, the weather in the area and on Mount Ararat itself is sunny, warm and dry.
	www.great-adventures.com /know/deals/turkey-mtararat.html (750 words)

	Mount Ararat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ararat is considered holy and an outstanding symbol of political existence and has always been a part of Armenian national life.
		Mount Ararat has had the same significant relationship to the Armenians as Mount Olympus had to the ancient Greeks.
		In the heart of the Armenian highlands is Mount Ararat, mentioned in the book of Genesis as the place where the Ark of Noah rested after the Flood.
	www.armenianheritage.com /peararat.htm (475 words)

	Image of Ararat, Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ararat is the largest and highest (16,940 feet, 5,165 m) volcano in Turkey.
		Ararat is a stratovolcano and is located at 39.7N, 44.3E.
		The volcano is thought to be the resting place of Noah's ark. The observation of vessel-shaped features in aerial photographs of Ararat caused a stir in the late 1950s.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_ararat.html (183 words)

	Climb Ararat Noah's Ark Turkey Mt Mount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mount Ararat is located in Eastern Turkey on the borders of Iran, Armenia (formerly U.S.S.R.), and Nachivan.
		The name Urartu then vanished from history and was replaced by Ararat and Armenia in the vicinity as well as in Bible translations in English, etc. As history went on in the first and second millenia AD, the mountain became known as Ararat and the region as Armenia.
		Since Mount Ararat is the highest location in Urartu, some people throughout history have jumped to the unproven conclusion that it was the landing place and promoted that concept as a regional tradition.
	www.climbararat.com /general.htm (957 words)

	First Ascent of Mount Ararat
		Owing to circumstances, which we need not explain, they were unable to leave Tiflis till the 1st of September: the distance to Mount Ararat being by the road about 280 wersts, (say 200 miles.) The annexed description of the mountain and its ascent is taken from a work recently published by Prof.
		Ararat consists of two mountains, namely, the Great Ararat, and its immediate neighbor, the Little Ararat, the former lying to the northwest, the latter to the southeast, their summits ten wersts and a half apart from each other in a right line, and the base of both mountains united by a broad level valley.
		To the ESE was Little Ararat, whose head did not appear like a cone, as it does from the plain, but like the top of a square truncated pyramid, with larger and smaller rocky elevations on the edges and in the middle.
	www.peakbagging.com /Turkey/Ararat1835.html (3069 words)

	Mount Ararat, Eastern Turkey
		Mount Ararat in the early morning, just before clouds obscure its summit.
		Its two peaks, Great Ararat (Büyük Agri, 5137 meters/16,854 feet) and Little Ararat (Küçük Agri, 3895 meters/12,779 feet) were revered by the people of ancient Urartu (13th to 7th centuries BC), who gave their name (Urartu = Ararat) to the mountain.
		Although guided treks up Mount Ararat were allowed during the 1970s, after several grim incidents the government forbade them because of very real danger from smugglers and other outlaws, Kurdish terrorists, severe weather and wild beasts.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/East/Dogubeyazit/Ararat.html (453 words)

	Ararat on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The tradition that Mt. Ararat is the resting place of Noah's ark is based on a misreading of Gen. 8.4, which properly reads "upon the mountains of Ararat," indicating a country or region.
		Dogubayazit, near Mount Ararat, on the Turkish Soviet border.
		Le canadien Atom Egoyan "Ararat", du metteur en scÃ¨ne canadien Atom Egoyan, ouvrira le festival.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/ararat.asp (918 words)

	Mount Ararat - Wikimedia Commons
		Mount Ararat ("Արարատ" in Armenian) is located in extreme northeast Turkey, close to the borders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
		No eruptions of Mt. Ararat have ever been recorded, but the mountain is likely to have erupted within the past 10,000 years.
		Mount Ararat in the background of the Khor Virap monastery
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Mount_Ararat (150 words)

	CH501: Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat
		Mount Ararat (known locally as Agri Dagi) is very likely the wrong place to look.
		That region, known in Assyrian records as Urartu, is, roughly, bounded on the west by the Euphrates River, on the south by the western Taurus Mountains (northern Iraq), somewhat east of Lake Urmia, and north to include the plain of the Araxes River.
		Mount Ararat is not mentioned as a landing site until the eleventh or twelfth century (Bailey 1989, 61-82).
	www.talkorigins.org /indexcc/CH/CH501.html (283 words)

	Mount Ararat Tour :: Mt. Ararat ~~~ DEEP NATURE ADVENTURE TRAVEL~~~~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mountain Ararat is known as Koh-i Nuh in Iran, Marsis in Armenia and Ararat in Europe.
		Mountain Ararat is the highest mountain in Turkey with an altitude of 5137 m.
		Ararat is the great prize however for mountain collectors, not only because it is the highest summit in Turkey but also for its historical significance.
	www.deepnature.com /mount_ararat_tour.htm (4623 words)

	Genesis Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ararat lies in eastern Turkey near the Armenian and Iranian borders.
		Numerous others have climbed Mt. Ararat in search of the ark. B.J. Corbin, Bob Stuplich and John McIntosh are all veterans of multiple climbs and are actively engaged in ark research today.
		Only Ararat's frozen top is capable of preserving the ark. If it landed elsewhere, then the ark has probably disappeared over the ages, by rotting, hauled away as artifacts, or used as firewood.
	www.genesisfiles.com /Mtararat.htm (1277 words)

	Ararat, Mount - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ararat, Mount
		The largest and highest volcano in Turkey, Mount Ararat lies near the Armenian and Iranian borders.
		Double-peaked mountain in Turkey near the Iranian and Armenian borders; Great Ararat, at 5,137 m/16,854 ft, is the highest mountain in Turkey; Little Ararat rises to 3,925 m/12,877 ft. Based on a misreading of the Old Testament (Genesis 8:4), it was believed to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood.
		The tradition that Mt Ararat was the site of the Ark's landing was based on the line, ‘upon the mountains of Ararat’, which actually indicates a country or region.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ararat,+Mount (240 words)

	Discussion 4
		Mount Aragats in central Armenia stands 13,419 feet above sea level; the Aras River originates on this mountain at the 1,475 foot level.
		The area of Ararat is the result of volcanic activity, and there are numerous fault lines throughout.
		Mount Massis is generally regarded as the mountain that has become known as Mount Ararat.
	home.cfl.rr.com /thesarge/04b4.htm (689 words)

	Noah's Ark Search - Mount Ararat
		As computed by ArcImaging, the coordinates that cover the ice cap area on Mount Ararat are N 39 degrees 41' to N 39 degrees 44', E 44 degrees 15' 30" to E 44 degrees 19' 30".
		The only reason to search there on Mount Ararat the first place is because of the alleged eyewitesses over the past 150 years and they claimed to see a boat, not pieces of wood.
		Because of this, Mount Ararat is a second-degree military zone and few foreigners have been legally allowed on it since 1990.
	www.noahsarksearch.com /ararat.htm (1815 words)

	Mount Ararat or Mount Judi?
		Mount Ararat seems to be the easier mountain to find, possibly from the large amount of information about Mount Ararat and all the "famous" searches at that location.
		Additionally, as indicated by the drawing, Mount Judi is locate 30 miles south of Lake Van which is 200 miles south of Mount Ararat.
		Mount Judi, Spelled Cudi-Dagh in Turkish means "highest" or "the heights" in Arabic and for this reason a number of people in Eastern Turkey, including some Islamic scholars, think Al Judi refers to Ararat.
	www.arksearch.com /najudi.htm (1348 words)

	Mount Ararat
		Ararat may be either approached from Erzurum to which may be reached by train or air.
		This town lies at almost 2000m and is the base for the ascent of Mount Ararat.
		Note: Mount Ararat requires the use of crampons and walking poles but previous experience in the use of them is not essential.
	www.ewpnet.com /Turkey/ararat.htm (454 words)

	FOCUS on TURKEY - Mount Ararat
		ising at the common borders of Turkey and Iran, Mount Agri (Ararat), an inactive volcano capped year round with ice and snow, reaches 5137 meters.
		n the summer, the weather in the area and on Mount Agri (Ararat) itself is sunny, warm and dry.
		In the summer months whole villages move to the yayla, the summer pasture, to find fresh grazing for their herds of sheep, goats, cattle and horses.Women continue to weave carpets and kilims in time-honored designs; Ortulu village is particularly renowned as a center of beautiful handicrafts.
	www.focusmm.com /trt_m_02.htm (366 words)

	Mount Ararat - CreationWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mount Ararat is a volcanic mountain located in Eastern Turkey, and one of the largest by volume in the world, rising to 5,165 meters or 16,945 feet.
		It should, however, be noted that Mt. Ararat is a volcanic mountain, which probably formed during and after the global flood.
		According to geologist Clifford Burdick Ph.D. much of the lava on Mt. Ararat is in rounded blocks called pillow lava indicating it flowed out while under water.(CRSQ Vol 4(3)) Other geologists state that cylindrical mountains like Little Ararat show that it is a post-flood mountain.
	www.nwcreation.net /wiki/index.php?title=Mount_Ararat (469 words)

	Noah's Ark - Frequently asked questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mount Ararat was not involved in the original flood legend.
		The mountains of Ararat got involved in the story because Noah's son Shem traveled on foot to the mountains of Ararat after the barge grounded.
		The river barge grounded on a mound of mud or sand in an estuary at the mouth of the river.
	www.flood-myth.com /faq.htm (1233 words)

	Visitors to Noah´s Ark 4
		Rising to 5165 meters at the western borders of Alfaristan is the Mount Ararat.
		They are at the Ark, seventeen miles south of Mount Ararat's peak, on the lower slopes, when photographed by Lieutenant Ahmet Kurtis.
		Mount Ararat itself (now located just over the Turkish border in the Agri ("Pain") Province, north of the state-of-emergency zone) has been declared a peculiar Turkish military zone.
	eril.4mg.com /alfar004.html (2252 words)

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		Mount Ararat Cemetery (1869-) and Greenwood Cemetery (1889-) are the oldest organized burial sites in fl Nashville.
		After 1910, the Mount Ararat Cemetery deteriorated until it was revived in the 1920s.
		The board accepted the property from the Mount Ararat Association and Mount Ararat Cemetery, Inc., and the new management (under Robert Mosley, Jr.) cleared brush and trees and restored the neglected sections of Mount Ararat.
	www.tnstate.edu /library/digital/mount.htm (650 words)

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Ağrı - Mount Ararat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Turkey's highest mountain, Ararat, has a legendary status due to its geologic location and the fact that it is believed to have been the final resting place of Noah’s Ark. This peak, mentioned in the Bible, has several names in different languages, the main ones being Ararat, Kuh - i Nuh and Cebel ul Haristir.
		Characteristics: Mount Ararat (5165m) is the highest peak in Turkey and Europe.
		In order to climb Mount Ararat and/or Little Ararat, permission is required and it is mandatory that climbers begin their journey from the following points.
	goturkey.kultur.gov.tr /turizm_en.asp?belgeno=9170 (512 words)

	Ağrı Dağı (Mount Ararat)
		Mount Ararat, or Ağrı Dağı as it is known in Turkish, projects a kaleidoscopic appearance changing according to season, time of day and direction of the wind.
		There is vegetation up to an altitude of 3000 m on Small Mount Ararat.
		Mount Ararat is flanked by Small Mount Ararat on one side and the mountains of Iran on the other, against a backdrop of the mountains of Armenia.
	www.wan-press.org /article3057.html (150 words)

	Agri, Mt.Ararat, Noah's Ark, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		Situated in Eastern Anatolia and extending to the Iranian border, is Agri, one of the highest regions in the country with its mountainous formation.
		Some have mistakenly assumed the Bible meant the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat (Agri Dagh), but that is not the case.
		The site researched by Ron Wyatt is 18.2 miles south of Mount Ararat at the elevation of 6,524 ft., in the "mountains of Ararat." A Turkish captain, Llhan Durupinar, was reviewing NATO Geodetic Survey photographs of the area in 1959, and noticed a boat shaped formation.
	www.adiyamanli.org /agri.html (2845 words)

	Ararat, the Cradle of Civilization?
		One of the world's most provocative and controversial mysteries is the search for the remains of Noah's Ark. Ark searchers have risked their lives ascending Mount Ararat in Turkey where the remains of Noah's Ark are believed to rest.
		In spite of numerous media reports attesting to the Ark's survival on Mount Ararat, there is no evidence that the ancient boat exists.
		The traditional Mount Ararat, known as "Agri Dagh," is a single mountain in a vast plain in eastern Turkey; it is not a region of mountains as the Bible specifies.
	www.accuracyingenesis.com /ararat.html (3777 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi), Turkey
		Mount Ararat (16,940 feet, 5165 m) is the largest volcano in Turkey.
		Ahora Gorge is a northeast-trending chasm dropping 6000 feet from the top of the mountain and was the focus of a major earthquake in 1840.
		A number of claims by different explorers to have found remnants of Noah’s Ark on Mt. Ararat have led to continuing expeditions to the mountain, many of which have focused their searches on the gorge area.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4996 (181 words)

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