Avanik
Kerpikend is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Avanik has an elevation of 1,591 metres.- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: place in Ararat, Armenia
- Historically known as: “Kerpikend”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baberd and Goght.
Baberd
Hamlet
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. Baberd is situated 4½ km northwest of Avanik.
Goght
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goght is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot. Goght is situated 8 km northwest of Avanik.
Khosrov
Locality
Khosrov is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Khosrov is situated 9 km southeast of Avanik.
Avanik
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Avanik” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ավանիկ”
- Armenian: “Քյորփիքենդ” (historical)
- Dutch: “Kerpikend”
- Irish: “Kerpikend”
- Persian: “کرپیکند”
- Russian: “Аваник”
- Russian: “Керпикенд” (historical)
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