Mount Auxentius
Mount Auxentius, today known as Kayış Dağı in Turkish, is a mountain located in the eastern outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, in Kayışdağı neighborhood. Its summit is 428 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 426 metres
- Description: mountain in Turkey
- Also known as: “Kayis Dagi”, “Kayış Dağı”, and “Mount Auxentios”
- Historically known as: “Kaish Dagh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Başıbüyük Merkez Mosque and Migros.
Migros
Supermarket
Photo: Abracadabra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Migros Ticaret A.Ş. is a supermarket chain in Turkey following the Migros formats. As of September 2025, the company operates a total of 3,725 stores: 3,389 Migros, 230 Macro 105 Mion and 1 Petimo in Turkey.
Mevlana
Metro station
Mevlana is an underground station on the M8 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located on Necip Fazıl Boulevard in the Mevlana neighbourhood of Ataşehir. It was opened on 6 January 2023.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Küçükbakkalköy and İçerenköy.
Küçükbakkalköy
Suburb
Küçükbakkalköy is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Ataşehir, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 30,050. The neighborhood is on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
İçerenköy
Suburb
İçerenköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ataşehir, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 72,899. İçerenköy is home to the Swiss Hospital, the 5-star hotels Greenpark and Marriott, and Hasan Leyli Secondary School, which is the largest of its kind in Ataşehir.
Ataşehir
Town
Photo: Yilmaz0412, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ataşehir is a municipality and district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127. It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
Mount Auxentius
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.97072° or 40° 58′ 15″ northLongitude
29.16362° or 29° 9′ 49″ eastElevation
426 metres (1,398 feet)Open location code
8GGFX5C7+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 2622394133OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Mount Auxentius” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل أوكسنطيوس”
- Arabic: “جبل قیش”
- Arabic: “جبل قیشطاغ”
- Cebuano: “Kayış Dağı”
- Dutch: “Kayış Dağı”
- French: “Kayış Dağı”
- French: “mont Saint-Auxence”
- French: “Mont Saint-Auxence”
- Greek: “Όρος Αγίου Αυξεντίου”
- Italian: “monte di sant’Aussenzio”
- Italian: “Monte di sant’Aussenzio”
- Ladin: “Kayış Dağı”
- Turkish: “Kayış Dağı”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mescit and Kayışdağı Suyu Memba Alanı.
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