Verin Geghadzor

Verkhnyaya Gezaldara is an abandoned village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Verin Geghadzor has an elevation of 2,238 metres.

Type: Abandoned locality
Description: town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Also known as: “Verkhnyaya Gezaldara”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vardenik and Tsovinar.

Vardenik

Village

Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vardenik is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, that sits along the Vardenis River. The cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli are located 3 km south of the village, with petroglyphs being present downhill along the bank of the river, among additional historic monuments. Vardenik is situated 6 km northwest of Verin Geghadzor.

Tsovinar

Village

Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tsovinar is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. Tsovinar is situated 7 km north of Verin Geghadzor.

Artsvanist

Village

Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Artsvanist is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby. Artsvanist is situated 7 km northeast of Verin Geghadzor.

Verin Geghadzor

Category: human settlement
Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude

40.09448° or 40° 5′ 40″ north

Longitude

45.47229° or 45° 28′ 20″ east

Elevation

2,238 metres (7,343 feet)

Open location code

8HG73FVC+QW

GeoNames ID

616079

Wikidata ID

Q16902622

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Verin Geghadzor” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Վերին Գեղաձոր”
Armenian: “Վերին Գյոզալդարա” (historical)
Azerbaijani: “Baş Gözəldərə”
Persian: “ورخنییا گزلدرا”
Russian: “Верин Гехадзор”
Russian: “Верхняя Гезалдара” (historical)

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