Sotk gold mine
The Sotk gold mine, known in Azerbaijan as the Zod gold mine, is the largest mine in Armenia and Azerbaijan in terms of pure gold reserves. It is located in the vicinity of the Sotk village in the Vardenis region of Armenia's Gegharkunik Province, and the adjacent part of the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarry
- Description: gold mine on the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia
- Also known as: “Sotk Gold Mine” and “Zod gold mine”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cəmilli and Kut.
Cəmilli
Hamlet
Cəmilli is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The village is administratively part of Kalbajar District, which lies within the East Zangezur Economic Region. Cəmilli is situated 8 km east of Sotk gold mine.
Kut
Village
Kut is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Kut is situated 9 km southwest of Sotk gold mine.
Dəmirçidam
Locality
Dəmirçidam is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. A native of Demirchidam is the Azerbaijani poet and storyteller Ashig Shamshir. Dəmirçidam is situated 9 km east of Sotk gold mine.
Sotk gold mine
- Categories: gold mine and industry
- Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.23625° or 40° 14′ 11″ northLongitude
45.96898° or 45° 58′ 8″ eastElevation
2,423 metres (7,949 feet)Operator
Anglo Asian Mining plcOpen location code
8HG76XP9+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 184489917OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryGeoNames ID
13157389Wikidata ID
Q1133665
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Sotk gold mine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منجم زود للذهب”
- Armenian: “Sot’k’i vosku hank’avayr”
- Armenian: “Sotqi vosku hanqavayr”
- Armenian: “Սոթքի ոսկու հանքավայր”
- Azerbaijani: “Söyüdlü – Zod qızıl yatağı”
- Azerbaijani: “Zod qızıl mədəni”
- Azerbaijani: “Zod qızıl yatağı”
- Bashkir: “Зод алтын ятҡылығы”
- Georgian: “სოტკის ოქროს საბადო”
- German: “Goldmine von Sotk”
- Greek: “Χρυσωρυχείο Ζοντ”
- Kazakh: “Сотк алтын кен орны”
- Latvian: “Zodas zelta raktuves”
- Persian: “معدن طلای زد”
- Russian: “Зодское золоторудное месторождение”
- Russian: “Зодское месторождение”
- Russian: “Соткское золотоносное месторождение”
- Russian: “Соткское золоторудное месторождение”
- Russian: “Соткское месторождение”
- Russian: “Сотское золотоносное месторождение”
- Russian: “Сотское золоторудное месторождение”
- Russian: “Сотское месторождение золота”
- Russian: “Сотское месторождение”
- Slovenian: “Rudnik zlata Zod”
- Turkish: “Zod altın madeni”
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