Ararat Plain

The Ararat Plain, called Iğdır Plain in Turkey, is one of the largest plains of the Armenian Highlands. It stretches west of the Sevan basin, at the foothills of the .
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  • Type: Plain
  • Description: plain in Armenia and Turkey
  • Also known as: Arak’is Hovit”, “Arak’senus Kampus”, “Ararat Dasht”, “Ararat plain”, “Araratskaya Ravnina”, “Ayrarat Dasht”, “Ayraratyan Dasht”, “Dashtn Arrayi”, “Dashtn Ayraratyan”, “Iğdır Plain”, “Merdzarak’syan Dasht”, “Tap’erakan Dasht”, and “Yeraskhi Hovit

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taşburun and Koçkıran.

Village
Photo: Sabri76, Public domain.
is a village in , , Turkey. Its population is 927. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. The village is populated by Azerbaijanis.

Village
Photo: Sabri76, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Ararat Plain.

Village
is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Ararat Plain.

Ararat Plain

Latitude
40° north
Longitude
44.25° or 44° 15′ east
Elevation
832 metres (2,730 feet)
Open location code
8HG62722+22
Geo­Names ID
145498
Wiki­data ID
Q2496723
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Ararat Plain” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سهل أرارات
  • Armenian: Այրարատ
  • Armenian: Այրարատյան դաշտ
  • Armenian: Արարատ
  • Armenian: Արարատյան դաշտ
  • Armenian: Արաքսենուս կաշպուս
  • Armenian: Արաքսի հովիտ
  • Armenian: Դաշտն Այարատյան
  • Armenian: Դաշտն Արայի
  • Armenian: Երասխի հովիտ
  • Armenian: Մերձարաքսյան դաշտ
  • Armenian: Տափերական դաշտ
  • Azerbaijani: Ağrı vadisi
  • Belarusian: Арарацкая даліна
  • Belarusian: Арарацкая раўніна
  • Bulgarian: Араратска равнина
  • Catalan: Plana de l’Ararat
  • Cebuano: Araratyan Dasht
  • Chinese: 亚拉腊平原
  • Chinese: 亞拉拉特平原
  • Danish: Araratsletten
  • Esperanto: Ararat-ebenaĵo
  • Estonian: Ararati tasandik
  • French: Plaine de l’Ararat
  • Georgian: არარატის ვაკე
  • Greek: Πεδιάδα του Αραράτ
  • Italian: piana dell’Ararat
  • Italian: Piana dell’Ararat
  • Japanese: アララト平原
  • Japanese: アララト平野
  • Kazakh: Арарат жазығы
  • Kurdish: Deşta Îdirê
  • Lithuanian: Ararato lyguma
  • Macedonian: Араратска Рамнина
  • Macedonian: Араратска Рамница
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Araratsletten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Araratsletta
  • Norwegian: Araratsletten
  • Persian: دشت آرارات
  • Polish: Równina Araratu
  • Portuguese: Planície de Ararat
  • Portuguese: Planície de Ararate
  • Russian: Араратская долина
  • Russian: Араратская равнина
  • Russian: Долина Арарат
  • Russian: Равнина Арарат
  • Serbian: Araratska ravnica
  • Serbian: Араратска равница
  • Slovenian: Araratska planota
  • Spanish: Llanura del Ararat
  • Swedish: Araratslätten
  • Swedish: Araratyan Dasht
  • Turkish: Iğdır Ovası
  • Ukrainian: Араратська долина
  • Ukrainian: Араратська низовина
  • Ukrainian: Араратська рівнина
  • Uzbek: Ararat tekisligi
  • Western Armenian: Արարատեան Դաշտ

Localities in the Area

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