Çiyayê Agirî

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Çiyayê Agirî is the Kurdish name for Mount Ararat, the iconic snow-capped volcanic peak in eastern Turkey traditionally associated with the landing place of Noah’s Ark.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Çiyayê Agirî canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
national symbol of Armenia ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
symbol of Kurdish identity ⓘ
volcanic mountain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ağrı Dağı ⓘ
Masis ⓘ
Mount Ararat ⓘ
climbingSeason summer ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalSignificance important symbol in Armenian culture ⓘ
important symbol in Kurdish culture ⓘ
important symbol in Turkish culture ⓘ
elevation 16854 ft ⓘ
5137 m ⓘ
firstRecordedAscent 1829 ⓘ
firstRecordedAscentBy Friedrich Parrot ⓘ
Khachatur Abovian ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasGlaciers yes ⓘ
hasPart Greater Ararat ⓘ
linked to: Mount Ararat

Lesser Ararat ⓘ
linked to: Mount Ararat
hasProtectedArea Ağrı Mountain National Park ⓘ
hasSnowCap yes ⓘ
isHighestPointOf Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Anatolia

Turkey ⓘ
isHighestVolcanoOf Turkey ⓘ
lastEruption 1840 ⓘ
locatedIn Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Ağrı Province ⓘ
Eastern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey

Iğdır Province ⓘ
linked to: Iğdır
locatedNearCity Doğubayazıt ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Genesis (as mountains of Ararat) ⓘ
mountainRange Ararat massif ⓘ
linked to: Ararat range
nameLanguage Kurdish ⓘ
nameMeaning Mountain of Fire ⓘ
nearBorderWith Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan exclave) ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
photoSubject frequently depicted on Armenian coat of arms ⓘ
prominence 3611 m ⓘ
religiousSignificance traditionally associated with the landing place of Noah’s Ark ⓘ
topographicIsolation 1135 km ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeList yes ⓘ
volcanoType dormant stratovolcano ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Ararat → nameInKurdish → Çiyayê Agirî ⓘ
Արարատ → hasNameInKurdish → Çiyayê Agirî ⓘ