Boyuk Kirs | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,725 m (8,940 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°38′51″N 46°44′45″E / 39.64750°N 46.74583°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Böyük Kirs dağı ( Azerbaijani) |
Geography | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Mount Boyuk Kirs ( Azerbaijani: Böyük Kirs dağı — Mount Big Kirs) is one of the highest peaks in the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus in Azerbaijan at an altitude of 2,725 metres above sea level. [1] Before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was the highest mountain of the breakaway Republic of Arstakh. [2] [3] It forms the border between the Khojavend and Shusha districts of Azerbaijan. The mountain is formed by volcanic rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic. [4]
The mount is named so as to distinguish it from the oronym Kichik Kirs. Kirs is used as a toponymic term meaning "swollen hill, steep mountain". [1]
The mount is part of the geological Lachyn subzone, which is a narrow Jurassic rock with some Albian- Cenomanian transgressive mantle, over 70 km long, and 2-8 km wide. The subzone is traced from the interfluve of the Pichanis and the Shalva in the northeast, to the left bank of the Araz in the southeast. [5]
Boyuk Kirs | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,725 m (8,940 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°38′51″N 46°44′45″E / 39.64750°N 46.74583°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Böyük Kirs dağı ( Azerbaijani) |
Geography | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Mount Boyuk Kirs ( Azerbaijani: Böyük Kirs dağı — Mount Big Kirs) is one of the highest peaks in the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus in Azerbaijan at an altitude of 2,725 metres above sea level. [1] Before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was the highest mountain of the breakaway Republic of Arstakh. [2] [3] It forms the border between the Khojavend and Shusha districts of Azerbaijan. The mountain is formed by volcanic rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic. [4]
The mount is named so as to distinguish it from the oronym Kichik Kirs. Kirs is used as a toponymic term meaning "swollen hill, steep mountain". [1]
The mount is part of the geological Lachyn subzone, which is a narrow Jurassic rock with some Albian- Cenomanian transgressive mantle, over 70 km long, and 2-8 km wide. The subzone is traced from the interfluve of the Pichanis and the Shalva in the northeast, to the left bank of the Araz in the southeast. [5]