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[[Image:KackarDagi fromNorth hory.jpg|thumb|right|The highest peak [[Kaçkar Dağı]] from Mezovit Çayiri]] |
[[Image:KackarDagi fromNorth hory.jpg|thumb|right|The highest peak [[Kaçkar Dağı]] from Mezovit Çayiri]] |
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[[Image:Kackar Mountains88.jpg|thumb|right|One of the lakes in the Kackar mountains]] |
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'''Kaçkar mountains''' or '''Kaçkar Dağları''' or simply '''Kaçkar(s)''' is a [[mountain range]] rising above along the [[Black Sea]] coast in Eastern [[Turkey]]. With highest peak [[Kaçkar Dağı]] (elevation 3937 metres), and mountain plateaus at about 3000m elevation, it is the highest part of [[Pontus|Pontic mountains]]. Kaçkars are glaciated mountains of alpine character, with steep rocky peaks and numerous mountain lakes. |
'''Kaçkar mountains''' or '''Kaçkar Dağları''' or simply '''Kaçkar(s)''' is a [[mountain range]] rising above along the [[Black Sea]] coast in Eastern [[Turkey]]. With highest peak [[Kaçkar Dağı]] (elevation 3937 metres), and mountain plateaus at about 3000m elevation, it is the highest part of [[Pontus|Pontic mountains]]. Kaçkars are glaciated mountains of alpine character, with steep rocky peaks and numerous mountain lakes. |
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Revision as of 18:43, 27 August 2006
Kaçkar mountains or Kaçkar Dağları or simply Kaçkar(s) is a mountain range rising above along the Black Sea coast in Eastern Turkey. With highest peak Kaçkar Dağı (elevation 3937 metres), and mountain plateaus at about 3000m elevation, it is the highest part of Pontic mountains. Kaçkars are glaciated mountains of alpine character, with steep rocky peaks and numerous mountain lakes.
Geography and nomenclature
The name Kaçkar (from the Armenian Khachkar = "cross stone") may be used in various sense. It may describe the whole mountain range, including many mountain groups. Or it may describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with the highest peak. Or just the highest peak itself. The local name of the highest peak or its mountain group Kaçkar Dağı translates to Kaçkar mountain and the name of the range Kaçkar Dağları translates to Kaçkar mountains.
From the south and east, Kaçkar is bordered by river Çoruh valley. From the north, by Black Sea coast.
Major mountain groups
- Altıparmak group
- Kavron (or Kaçkar-Kavron)
- Verçenik group
See also
References
- Tunç Fındık (2001) Kaçkar Dağları, Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul. ISBN 975-8293-18-4 (in Turkish) - the only existing mountaineering guide
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