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Mount Ararat ( ;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ararat )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ararat )〕 (トルコ語:Ağrı Dağı); traditional (アルメニア語:Մասիս), ''Masis'') is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the eastern extremity of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat, the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian plateau with an elevation of ; and Lesser Ararat, with an elevation of . The Ararat massif is about in diameter. Mount Ararat is associated with the "mountains of Ararat" in the Bible. It is the traditional resting place of Noah's Ark according to the Book of Genesis. It is the main〔 * * * *〕 national symbol of Armenia and is considered a "holy mountain" by Armenians.〔〔 One author described the Armenians as having "a sense of possession of Ararat in the sense of symbolic cultural property."〔 It plays a significant role in Armenian literature and art. Along with Noah's Ark, is depicted on the coat of arms of Armenia. The first efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages. However, it was not until 1829 when Friedrich Parrot and Khachatur Abovian, accompanied with four others, made the first recorded ascent. ==Political borders== Mount Ararat forms a near-quadripoint between Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Its summit is located some west of both the Iranian border and the border of the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, and south of the Armenian border. The Turkish-Armenian-Azerbaijani and Turkish-Iranian-Azerbaijani tripoints are some 8 km apart, separated by a narrow strip of Turkish territory containing the E99 road which enters Nakhchivan at . The international boundaries as described have been in effect since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the independence of Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, they have a longer history, having been drawn in 1921, after the conflicts of World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire that affected the region. The mountain came under Turkish control during the 1920 Turkish–Armenian War. It formally became part of Turkey according to the 1921 Treaty of Kars.〔 By the Tehran Convention of 1932, a border change was made in Turkey's favor, allowing it to occupy the eastern flank of Lesser Ararat.〔("IBS No. 28 - Iran (IR) & Turkey (TU) 1964" ) (PDF), law.fsu.edu.〕 The Iran-Turkey boundary skirts east of Lesser Ararat, the lower peak of the Ararat massif. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Ararat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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