Blrashen
Blrashen is a peak in Ararat Province, Armenia and has an elevation of 1,816 metres. Blrashen is situated nearby to the hamlet Glan, as well as near Poqr Shen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank).
St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank)
Church
Photo: Z galstyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aghjots Vank; also known as the Saint Stephen Monastery of Goght, is a 13th-century monastery situated along a tributary of the Azat River Valley within the Khosrov State Reserve located half a mile walk from the hamlet of Mets Gilanlar, and near the villages of Goght and Garni in the Ararat Province of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayburd and Goght.
Bayburd
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.
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.
Geghard
Village
Photo: Dec53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geghard is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Geghard monastery is located southeast of Geghard village, near Goght. Geghard is situated 8 km north of Blrashen.
Blrashen
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,816 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.08643° or 40° 5′ 11″ northLongitude
44.82029° or 44° 49′ 13″ eastElevation
1,816 metres (5,958 feet)Open location code
8HG63RPC+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2261309721OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
11128625
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Blrashen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Blrashen”
- Armenian: “Բլրաշեն”
- Russian: “Блрашен”
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