Mount Ararat

thumb|The Mount Ararat Mount Ararat, is a snow- capped and dormant compound volcano in easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian highlands with an elevation of 5137 m; Little Ararat's elevation is 3896 m. The Ararat massif is about 35 km wide at ground base. The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829. Quotes abbout Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. Book of Genesis 8:4-5 NKJV. External links Category:Biblical mountains Category:Mountains of Asia