Mount Ararat
Turkey's highest peak
Mount Ararat is a snow-capped volcanic mountain in eastern Turkey, near the Armenian and Iranian borders.
At over 16,000 feet, it is Turkey's highest peak.
Ararat is traditionally identified as the resting place of Noah's Ark after the biblical flood, making it a site of religious significance and occasional expeditions seeking the vessel's remains.
Biblical vessel builder
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- doveGentle cooing bird
olive branch · rainbow · covenant · Japheth · patriarch · deluge · antediluvian · salvation
Scripture's great flood ship
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- GilgameshMesopotamian epic protagonist
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- sacredWorthy of reverence
pilgrimage · anomaly · artifact · lore · ancient · prophecy · relic · expedition
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
- basecampExpedition's operational center
alpinism · ascent · descent · glacier · crevasse · altitude · acclimatization · north face
Noah
Biblical vessel builder
dove · olive branch · rainbow · covenant · Japheth · patriarch · deluge · antediluvian · salvation · repopulation
Noah's Ark
Scripture's great flood ship
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- GilgameshMesopotamian epic protagonist
- epicImpressively grand in scope
sacred · pilgrimage · anomaly · artifact · lore · ancient · prophecy · relic · expedition · mystery
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
basecamp · alpinism · ascent · descent · glacier · crevasse · altitude · acclimatization · north face · ice cap
Yerevan
Armenian capital city
- CaucasusMountain range, Black to Caspian
- LoriEnglish feminine given name
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
genocide · border · symbol · national emblem
stratovolcano
Layered cone-shaped volcanic mountain
andesite · pyroclastic · crater · magma · caldera · tuff · igneous · fumarole · ash · pumice
- AnatoliaAnatolia, Asia Minor, Ankara, Cappadocia, Istanbul
- Armenian Folkloredev, peri, dragons, giants, fairies
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, turkey breast, turkey leg, Anatolia
- ArmeniaYerevan, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Genocide, dram, lavash
- Armenian HistoryArmenia, Armenians, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
- Flood MythsNoah, deluge, flood myth, biblical flood, flood story
Mount AraratTower of Babel
Origin of linguistic diversity
Mount Sinai · Sodom and Gomorrah · the deep · Mount Moriah · Mount Carmel
mountain, mountains, mounted, mountaintop, mountainside, mountaineer, mountaineering, remount, Mount