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Mount Boyuk Kirs

Mount Boyuk Kirs

Mountain in 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]

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Toponymy

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]

  • Mount Boyuk Kirs as seen from the Shusha District during winter.
  • Mount Boyuk Kirs as seen from the city of Shusha
  • Mount Boyuk Kirs as seen from a road

References

  1. [1]
    Əliyeva, Rübabə, ed. (2007). AZƏRBAYCAN TOPONİMLƏRİNİN ENSİKLOPEDİK LÜĞƏTİ (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Vol. 1. Baku: Şərq-Qərb. p. 152. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
  2. [2]
    "World atlas". 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Wikiloc". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    "BÖYÜK KİRS". Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası.


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