Armenian Highland

English thumb|250px|Armenian Highland in the centre Proper noun Armenian Highland A plateau in the north of West Asia, connecting the Lesser Caucasus with the Taurus Mountains. Total area: about 400,000 km². Average elevation: 1500 to 2000 metres, highest point: Mount Ararat. The area lies mostly in eastern Turkey; also includes the whole of modern Armenia, southern Georgia, western Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Nakhichevan and Nagorno-Karabakh. Synonyms en Armenian Plateau en Armenian Upland Translations plateau Armenian: hy Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞美尼亞高原 Yàměiníyà gāoyuán Dutch: nl Armeens Hoogland Finnish: fi Armenian ylänkö French: fr haut-plateau arménien m Georgian: ka სომხეთის მთიანეთი German: de Armenisches Hochland n Hindi: hi आर्मीनियाई पठार m Hungarian: hu Örmény-felföld Irish: ga ardchríoch Airméanach f Lithuanian: lt Armėnijos kalnynas Polish: pl Wyżyna Armeńska f Portuguese: pt Planalto Armênio m Russian: ru Армя́нское наго́рье n Spanish: es Altiplano Armenio m Ukrainian: uk Вірменське нагір'я n en Mountains