Verin Giratagh
Verin Giratagh is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia. Verin Giratagh has an elevation of 1,700 metres.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Syunik, Armenia
- Also known as: “Verin Giratakh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baghaberd.
Baghaberd
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baghaberd is a 4th to 12th century Armenian fortress located along a ridge overlooking the Voghji River, 14 kilometres northwest of the city of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Baghaberd is at an elevation of 1,438 metres. Baghaberd is situated 3 km south of Verin Giratagh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nerkin Giratagh and Hamletavan.
Nerkin Giratagh
Village
Nerkin Giratagh is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia.
Hamletavan
Neighborhood
Hamletavan is a town in the Kapan community of the Syunik Province of Armenia. Hamletavan is situated west of Shgharshik, and east of Nerkin Giratagh. It was named Hamletavan in the honor of Hamlet Kocharyan, an Armenian soldier. Hamletavan is situated 4 km east of Verin Giratagh.
Andokavan
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andokavan is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The 4th-century Baghaberd fortress is located close to Andokavan. Andokavan is situated 4 km south of Verin Giratagh.
Verin Giratagh
- Categories: geographical feature, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Kajaran Municipality, Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.24092° or 39° 14′ 27″ northLongitude
46.26511° or 46° 15′ 54″ eastElevation
1,700 metres (5,577 feet)Open location code
8HF867R8+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 1148693449OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Verin Giratagh” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վերին Գիրաթաղ”
- Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Girətağ”
- Chechen: “Верин Гиратах”
- Persian: “ورین گیراتاغ”
- Persian: “ورین گیرتق”
- Russian: “Верин Гиратах”
- Russian: “Верхний Гиратах” (historical)
- Scots: “Verin Giratagh”
- Uzbek: “Verin Giratagh”
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