Little Ararat, also known as Mount Sis or Lesser Ararat , is the sixth tallest peak in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat is a snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in Turkey. It has two peaks: Greater Ararat and Lesser Ararat .The Ararat massif is about in diameter...

, less than five miles west of Turkey's border with Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. Despite being dwarfed by its higher and far more famous neighbor, Little Ararat is a significant volcano of its own with an almost perfectly symmetrical, conical form and smooth constructional slopes. It rises about 1,200 m (4,000 ft) above the saddle connecting it with the main peak.

See also

• Ararat anomaly
  Ararat anomaly
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• Mountains of Ararat
  Mountains of Ararat
  The Mountains of Ararat is the place named in the Book of Genesis where Noah's Ark came to rest after the great flood ....
  
  
• Searches for Noah's Ark
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