Uludoruk

Uludoruk
height	4135 m
location	Hakkâri Province ( Turkey )
Mountains	Hakkari Dağları ( Eastern Taurus )
Coordinates	37 ° 29 '5 " N , 44 ° 3' 50" E Coordinates: 37 ° 29 '5 " N , 44 ° 3' 50" E

The Uludoruk ( 4135 m ) is the second highest mountain in Turkey .

The Uludoruk ("Great Peak") is located in Hakkari Dağları ( Eastern Taurus ) in the Yüksekova district of the Hakkâri province . Other names are Reşko Tepesi (kurd.) Or occasionally Gelyaşin . The Uludoruk is part of the 30 km long Cilo mountain range. The next peak, Cilo Dağı (4116 m), is in the immediate vicinity (4 km away) and is the third highest mountain in Turkey. The İzbırak Glacier of Uludoruk Summit was 4 km long in the 1970s and covered an area of 8 km². By 2012–2013 the area had decreased to 3.51 km² (→ glacier retreat since 1850 ).

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↑ Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü : Statistical yearbook of Turkey, Ankara 1983, p. 10
↑ www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de
↑ Jürgen Ehlers: Quaternary glaciations: extent and chronology. Amsterdam 2004, p. 420
↑ Doğukan Doğu Yavaşlı, Compton J.Tucker and Katherine A. Melocikc: Change in the glacier extent in Turkey during the Landsat Era . In: Remote Sensing of Environment . June 2015, doi : 10.1016 / j.rse.2015.03.002 .

[1] Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü : Statistical yearbook of Turkey, Ankara 1983, p. 10

[2] www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de

[3] Jürgen Ehlers: Quaternary glaciations: extent and chronology. Amsterdam 2004, p. 420

[4] Doğukan Doğu Yavaşlı, Compton J.Tucker and Katherine A. Melocikc: Change in the glacier extent in Turkey during the Landsat Era . In: Remote Sensing of Environment . June 2015, doi : 10.1016 / j.rse.2015.03.002 .