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Types of Mountains and Important Mountains in Turkey
Mountains Types in Turkey
Turkey, which becomes more arid the further south one goes, is presently hemmed in on every side by mountain ranges: The Northern Anatolian Mountain Range, the Interior Anatolian Massif Range, the Southern Anatolian Mountain Range and the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range. Important mountains in the Northern Anatolian Mountain Range are Istiranca (Yildiz) Mt. (1000 m), Bursa Uludag Mt. (2543 m) , Bolu Köpoglu Mt. (2400 m), Ilgaz Mt. (2587) and the Karagöl Mts. (3100m). In the Central Anatolian Massif Range, there are volcanic mountains such as, Erciyes Mt. (3917m), Hasan Mt. (3263m), Greater Mt. Ararat (5137m), Tendürek Mt. (3533m), Süphan Mt. (4058m) and Nemrut Mt. (3050m). In the folded Taurus Mountain range, there are the Beydaglar Mts. (3086m) and Bolkar Mts. (3524m), and in the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range there are the, Hakkari Cilo (Buzul), Sat (4136m) and Nur (Amanos) Mountains.
Mountains formed by folding or breaking Western Taurus
-Beydaglari Central Taurus
-Bolkar Daglari -Aladaglar Munzur Mountains Cilo
-Sat Mountains Kackar Mountains
-Western Group (Versembek)
-Kavran Group
-Eastern Group (Altiparmak)
Volcanic Mountains
-Mount Ararat and Lesser Ararat
-Mount Süphan
-Mount Tendürek
-Mount Nemrut
-Mount Hasan
-Mount Erciyes
Important mountains in Turkey (Ranked according to height)
| Name of the Mountain |
Height (meters) |
| Mt. Ararat |
5137 |
| Süphan |
4434 |
| Gelyansın (Reşko Tepesi, Cilo - Sat) |
4134 |
| Kaçkar (Kaçkarlar) |
3932 |
| Mt. Erciyes |
3916 |
| Lesser Ararat |
3896 |
| Handeyade (Cilo - Sat) |
3794 |
| Greater Demirkazık (Aladağlar) |
3756 |
| Kısara (Cilo - Sat) |
3752 |
| Kızılkaya (Aladağlar) |
3725 |
| Mazanı (Cilo - Sat) |
3725 |
| Emler (Aladağlar) |
3723 |
| Verçenik (Kaçkarlar) |
3711 |
| Kaldı (Aladağlar) |
3688 |
| Mırhamza ( Cilo - Sat) |
3670 |
| Kızılyar (Aladağlar) |
3654 |
| Gürtepe (Aladağlar) |
3630 |
| Sematepe (Aladağlar) |
3623 |
| Çağalın Başı (Aladağlar) |
3612 |
| Torasan (Aladağlar) |
3584 |
| Alaca (Lorut)(Aladağlar) |
3582 |
| Vayvay (Aladağlar) |
3563 |
| Bulut (Kaçkarlar) |
3562 |
| Boruklu (Aladağlar) |
3548 |
| Gevaruk (Cilo - Sat) |
3540 |
| Çandır Dağı (Van Gölü) |
3537 |
| Güngörmez (Kaçkarlar) |
3536 |
| Sulağankaya (Aladağlar) |
3530 |
| Soğanlı Dağ (Kaçkarlar) |
3527 |
| Medetsiz (Bolkarlar) |
3524 |
| Direktaş (Aladağlar) |
3510 |
| Orta Dağ (Aladağlar) |
3500 |
| Karataş (Kaçkarlar) |
3495 |
| Keşif (Bolkarlar) |
3475 |
| Cebelbaşı (Aladağlar) |
3474 |
| Liblin Tepe (Kaçkarlar) |
3472 |
| Karasay (Aladağlar) |
3472 |
| Güzeller (Aladağlar) |
3461 |
| Sıyırmalık (Aladağlar) |
3426 |
| Tearzin (Cilo - Sat) |
3415 |
| Lesser Demirkazık (Aladağlar) |
3400 |
| Tahtakaya (Bolkarlar) |
3372 |
| Didvake (Kaçkarlar) |
3350 |
| Büyük Dağ Tepe (Kaçkarlar) |
3328 |
| Sat Başı (Cilo - Sat) |
3302 |
| Altıparmak (Kaçkarlar) |
3301 |
| Marsis (Kaçkarlar) |
3300 |
| Kardal (Cilo - Sat) |
3300 |
| Kızlar Sivrisi (Beydağları) |
3069 |
| Mt. Nemrut |
3050 |
| Uludağ |
2543 |
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