GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what Southwest Asian country is Mount Ararat the highest peak?
A
Afghanistan
B
Turkey
C
Iran
D
Israel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is located in extreme northeastern Turkey, near the borders with Iran and Armenia. Southwest of the main peak lies Little Ararat (12, 877 feet, 3896 m). Ahora Gorge is a northeast-trending chasm dropping 6000 feet from the top of the mountain and was the focus of a major earthquake in 1840.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mount Ararat, Turkish Ağrı Dağı, Extinct volcanic massif, eastern Turkey. Located in Ağrı province, near the Iranian border, Ararat has two peaks, Great Ararat, at 16, 853 ft (5, 137 m) the highest point of elevation in Turkey, and Little Ararat, almost 13, 000 ft (4, 000 m).

Detailed explanation-3: -Satellite view is showing Mount Ararat, a dormant complex volcano in Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey close to the border to Armenia, about 60 km south of Armenia’s capital Yerevan. One of the mountain’s two peaks the Greater Ararat, is with an elevation of 5, 137 m (16, 854 ft) the tallest peak in Turkey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mount Ararat is located in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey between the provinces of Ağrı and Iğdır, near the border with Iran, Armenia and Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between the Aras and Murat rivers.

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