Anti-Taurus Mountains
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At Script error: No such module "convert"., Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in central Anatolia as a whole. It is a massive stratovolcano located in the northern part of the Anti-Taurus. The ancient Greek geographer and historian Strabo wrote that in his time the summit was never free of snow and that the few climbers who ascended it could see both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.[2]
Parts of the Anti-Taurus Mountains are protected within the Aladağlar National Park.
Notes
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- ↑ McNeill, John Robert (1992) The Mountains of the Mediterranean World: An Environmental History Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 19 Template:ISBN
- ↑ Strabo, Geographica 12.2.7.
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