Lesser Caucasus
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The Lesser Caucasus or Lesser Caucasus Mountains, also called Caucasus Minor, is the second of the two main ranges of the Caucasus Mountains, of length about Template:Convert. The western portion of the Lesser Caucasus overlaps and converges with east Turkey and northwest Iran. It runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus, at a distance averaging about Template:Convert south from the Likhi Range (Georgia), and limits east Turkey from the north and north-east. It is connected with the Pontic range[1] and separated from it by the Kolkhida Lowland (Georgia) in the west and Kura-Aras Lowland (Azerbaijan) (by the Kura River) in the east.
Description
The highest peak is Aragats in Armenia, Template:Convert.[2]
The borders between Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran run through the range, although its crest does not usually define the border. The range was historically called Anticaucasus or Anti-Caucasus (Greek: Αντι-Καύκασος, Russian: Антикавка́з, Анти-Кавка́з). This usage is commonly found in older sources.[3][4] Current usage tends towards using the name Lesser Caucasus, but Anti-caucasus can still be found in modern texts.[5][6]
See also
- Ark of Nuh or Noah
- İlandağ in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
References
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