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134: 127: 29: 792: 495: 480: 392:. P.212. "River between the port of Atina (now Pazar) on the coast and the great inland peak called Kajkar (Armenian Khach'k'ar) Dagh 'Cross-stone Mountain'" 404: 833: 245:. This extends about 1000 km along the Black Sea and with its numerous parallel chains, which reach up to 200 km inland, belongs to the 83: 212:, including the many mountain groups, or it may just describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with its highest peak, or just the highest peak itself. 389: 862: 857: 458: 448: 126: 473: 381: 361: 867: 443: 591: 826: 852: 466: 76: 489: 299: 819: 566: 721: 756: 716: 596: 54: 510: 746: 515: 187:. The mountain may be climbed by the northeast ridge route beginning from the village Yukarı Kavrun. 69: 651: 741: 666: 661: 208:(Խաչքար) literally meaning "cross stone") may be used in various senses. It may describe the whole 184: 169: 275: 241:
The surrounding mountain ranges are about 400 km long and represent the eastern third of the
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the Demirkapı Tepe (3376 m), about 70 km to the west.
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Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Ultra
Coordinates
40°50′08″N 41°09′41″E / 40.8355°N 41.1613°E / 40.8355; 41.1613
Mount Kaçkar is located in Turkey
Rize
Turkey
Parent range
Kaçkar mountains
Pontic Mountains
Kaçkar Mountains
Armenian
khachkar
mountain range
Black Sea Coast
Georgia
Batumi
Rize
Trabzon
Pontic Mountains
Alpine orogeny
Alps
three-thousanders
Kükürt Tepe
Üçdoruk Tepe
Çoruh
Black Sea

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