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Mount Ararat

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Mckee, Sarah Bond, Enes Yılandiloğlu

Last modified Feb 15, 2026 09:13 AM — History

The Ararat massif in eastern Asia Minor measures ca. 40 km (25 mi) in diameter and has two peaks, Greater Ararat and Lesser Ararat.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660563243

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.7019346, 44.2983964

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ağrı Dağı (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ağrı Dağı (Agri Dagi: Turkish, modern)
- اغرى طاغى (Aġrı Ṭaġı: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)

Mount Ararat makes connections with:

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Mount Ararat receives connections from:

Bozkurt located near Mount Ararat (5000 BC - 600 BC)
Küçük Ağrı Dağı part of (physical/topographic) Mount Ararat (unspecified date range)

Place type:
mountain

References:

Evidence:

Gen. 8:4

See Further:

See Also:

Jos., AJ (Niese: Perseus) 1.89

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel Mckee, Sarah Bond, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Mount Ararat: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660563243> [accessed: 17 October 2026]

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