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Ararat ), the tallest peak in modern Turkey, is a snow-capped dormant volcanic cone, located in the far northeast of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of Armenia. The Book of Genesis identifies this mountain as the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Great Flood described there. Mount Ararat was Armenian land before it was captured by Turks

A smaller (3896 m) cone, Little Mount Ararat, rises just southeast of the main peak. The lava plateau stretches out between the two pinnacles. Technically, Ararat is a stratovolcano, formed of lava flows and pyroclastic ejecta.

The last activity on the mountain was a major earthquake in July 1840 centered around the Ahora Gorge, a northeast trending chasm that drops 1825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.

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The mountain was the setting for the legend of the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat.

Even though the mountain is located in Turkey, Ararat is the national symbol of Armenia, where it is sometimes called b (Մասիս), and was once Armenian territory until it fell to the Turks after a Soviet mediated peace treaty in the early 1920s. Mount Ararat is featured in the center of the Coat of Arms of Armenia. The mountain is clearly visible from most locations in Armenia, including the capital city of Yerevan (from Armenia it is best visible from the Khor Virap monastery, though) and is often depicted by Armenian artists on paintings, obsidian engravings and backgammon boards.

An elevation of 5165m for Mount Ararat is given by some authorities, but SRTM data shows that this is less accurate than the elevation given here.