First snow of the season falls on Mount Ararat
The first snow of the season fell on Mount Ararat, the highest mountain in Türkiye
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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)