the Geghama mountains of Armenia
Armenia is one on Europe’s most mountainous countries laying between Turkey Georgia Azerbaijan and Iran in the South Caucasus Situated along the route of the Great Silk Road, it has fallen within the orbit of a number of cultural influences and empires over the years , it frequently oscillated between Byzantine, Persian, Mongol or Turkish control, as well as periods of independence before finally gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 Armenia has one of the earliest Christian civilisations and Mount Ararat the Armenian national symbol just beyond the country's borders in Turkey Photo shows a location in the Gegham Mountains The average elevation of the Geghama mountain range is near 2500m. The mountains are volcanic in origin including many extinct volcanoes they stretch between lake Sevan and the Ararat plain The highest peak of the Geghama mountains is Azhdahak at 3597m
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Location: Armenia
Photo credit: © ANDREW WRIGHTING / Alamy / Afripics
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