Recently, torrential rains fell on the top of the mountain in the form of snow. The top of the mount is almost completely white.

Mount Ararat is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey.

It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat.

Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of 5,137 m; Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m. (ILKHA)