Selim Pass
Selim Pass is a mountain saddle in Lake Sevan Region, Armenia and has an elevation of 2,410 metres. Selim Pass is situated nearby to the hamlet Horbategh, as well as near the village Nshkharq.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,410 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
- Also known as: “Pereval Selimskiy”, “Selim mountain pass”, “Selim Mountain Pass”, “Səlım Aşırımı”, “Vardenyats Mountain Pass”, and “Vardenyats Pass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selim Caravanserai.
Selim Caravanserai
Building
Photo: franek2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orbelian's Caravanserai, is a caravanserai in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It was built along the Vardenyats Mountain Pass in 1332, by prince Chesar Orbelian to accommodate weary travelers and their animals as they crossed from, or into, the mountainous Vayots Dzor region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nshkharq and Agndzhadzor.
Nshkharq
Village
Nshkhark is an abandoned village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Agndzhadzor
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aghnjadzor is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. The village had a mixed population of Azerbaijanis and Armenians before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Taratumb
Village
Taratumb is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.
Selim Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.95377° or 39° 57′ 14″ northLongitude
45.23429° or 45° 14′ 3″ eastElevation
2,410 metres (7,907 feet)Open location code
8HF7X63M+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 504638258OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Selim Pass” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Sulemayi Lerrnants’k’”
- Armenian: “Հայոց ձորի լեռնանցք”
- Armenian: “Սելիմ”
- Armenian: “Սելիմի լեռնանցք”
- Armenian: “Վայ ձորի կիրճ”
- Armenian: “Վայոց ձորի կիրճ”
- Armenian: “Վարդենյաց լեռնանցք”
- Cebuano: “Sulemayi Lerrnants’k‘”
- Cebuano: “Sulemayi Lerrnants’k’”
- French: “Col de Selim”
- French: “col de Sélim”
- French: “Col de Sélim”
- Italian: “colle di Sélim”
- Polish: “Przełęcz Sulema”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Sulema”
- Russian: “Айоцдзорский перевал”
- Russian: “Варденяц”
- Russian: “Варденяцкий перевал”
- Russian: “перевал Варденяц”
- Russian: “Перевал Варденяц”
- Russian: “Селимский перевал”
- Swedish: “Sulemayi Lerrnants’k‘”
- Swedish: “Sulemayi Lerrnants’k’”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Horbategh and Nshkharq.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vanevanits and Spitakakar.
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