Kaçkar Dağı
Kaçkar Dağı | ||
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The Kaçkar Dağı from the north |
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height | 3932 m | |
location | Rize and Artvin provincial border ( Turkey ) | |
Mountains | Kaçkar Dağları ( Eastern Pontic Mountains ) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 50 '13 " N , 41 ° 9' 34" E | |
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The Kaçkar Dağı ( Armenian Քաջքար ) is at 3932 m the highest peak of the Eastern Pontic Mountains in northeastern Turkey .
It is about 40 km from the Black Sea coast and 70 km from the eastern border with Georgia and the port city of Batumi there . The Turkish coastal cities of Rize and Trabzon are about 70 and 120 km west of the mountain.
The surrounding mountain ranges ( Turkish Doğu Karadeniz Dağları ) are about 400 km long and represent the eastern third of the Pontus Mountains . This extends about 1000 km along the Black Sea and, with its numerous parallel chains - which extend up to 200 km inland - belongs to the Alpid orogeny (which developed at the same time as the Alps) .
The closest three thousand meter peaks are
- the Kükürt Tepe (3348 m), about 35 km north-northeast (half way to Batumi)
- the Üçdoruk Tepe (3711 m), about 15 km to the west
To the south runs the valley of the Çoruh , which flows into the Black Sea at Batumi .