Yerkar Khach
Yerkar Khach is a cemetery in Lori, Armenia and has an elevation of 1,044 metres. Yerkar Khach is situated nearby to the village Karinj.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery and Kobayr monastery.
Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bardzrakash is a 10th-13th century Armenian monastery located between Dsegh village and Tumanyan town within Lori marz, Armenia. It is built on a flat spot on a steep slope below cliffs, and above the Marts river, in the Tavut forest. Surb Grigori Bardzrakash Monastery is situated 1 km southwest of Yerkar Khach.
Kobayr monastery
Monastery
Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kobayr is a 12th-century Armenian monastery located in the village Kobayr, directly across the road from the town of Tumanyan, within Lori marz, Armenia. Kobayr monastery is situated 3½ km northwest of Yerkar Khach.
Karasun Mankants
Church
Photo: Ek6rba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karasun Mankants is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Yerkar Khach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karinj and Tumanyan.
Karinj
Village
Photo: Ruzanna Saroyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karinj is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It belongs to the municipality of Tumanyan.
Tumanyan
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Tumanyan is in Northern Armenia. The cute little town has a nice town square which has stunning views of the Debed Canyon's cliffs. The town square holds the quirky little Tumanyan Matchbox Label Museum, and the Soviet-themed Flying Samovar Cafe.
Dsegh
Photo: Harut Chatinyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dsegh, known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located about 13 km south of the city of Alaverdi, on the high right bank of the Debed River, on a peninsula surrounded by forests, on the western side of which is the Debed Gorge.
Yerkar Khach
Latitude
40.98468° or 40° 59′ 5″ northLongitude
44.66809° or 44° 40′ 5″ eastElevation
1,044 metres (3,425 feet)Open location code
8HG6XMM9+V6GeoNames ID
11320981
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In Other Languages
“Yerkar Khach” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Yerkar Khach’”
- Armenian: “Երկար Խաչ”
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