Shaki Waterfall
Shaki Waterfall is a waterfall in Armenia, with a height of 18 m. It is located in Syunik Province. The Shaki Waterfall is situated 6 km from the town of Sisian.Photo: Hayk Barseghyan Photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Armenia
- Also known as: “Շաքեի ջրվեժ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zorats Karer and Sisian History Museum.
Zorats Karer
Photo: Xelgen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carahunge, also known as Zorats Karer, Dik-Dik Karer, Tsits Karer and Karenish, is a prehistoric archaeological site near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Zorats Karer is situated 3 km east of Shaki Waterfall.
Sisian History Museum
Museum
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sisian History Museum is situated 4 km southeast of Shaki Waterfall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaki and Sisian.
Shaki
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaki is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia, north of Sisian. The village's Holy Mother of God Church opened in 2003. The Shaki Waterfall is near the village.
Sisian
Sisian is a city in Southern Armenia, in Syunik region. It is a good base to visit multiple attractions in the area such as the Ughtasar mountain, and the thousands of petroglyphs on top, the monastery of Vorotnavank, Tolors reservoir and the church inside it, Zorats Karer, Shaki waterfall and others.Ishkhanasar
Village
Ishkhanasar is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The village is close to the Azerbaijani border, which until 2020 was controlled by the Armenian Republic of Artsakh. Ishkhanasar is situated 4½ km northeast of Shaki Waterfall.
Shaki Waterfall
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Syunik Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.55233° or 39° 33′ 8″ northLongitude
45.99394° or 45° 59′ 38″ eastHeight
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
8HF7HX2V+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1472515080OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q38413
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Shaki Waterfall” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلال شاكي”
- Armenian: “Շաքե”
- Armenian: “Շաքի”
- Armenian: “Շաքիի ջրվեժ”
- Azerbaijani: “Şəki şəlaləsi”
- French: “cascade de la Chaki”
- French: “chutes de la Chaki”
- French: “Chutes de la Chaki”
- French: “chutes du Chaki”
- French: “rapides de la Chaki”
- Georgian: “შაქის ჩანჩქერი”
- Hungarian: “Saki-vízesés”
- Lithuanian: “Šakio krioklys”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار شکی”
- Mazanderani: “شکی ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار شاکی”
- Persian: “آبشار شکی”
- Persian: “ابشار شکی”
- Polish: “Szaki”
- Russian: “водопад Шаки”
- Russian: “Водопад Шаки”
- Russian: “Шаки”
- Russian: “Шакинский водопад”
- Serbian: “Шаки”
- Spanish: “cascada Shaki”
- Spanish: “Cascada Shaki”
- Tajik: “Обшори Шакӣ”
- Tajik: “Шакӣ”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Шакӣ”
- Ukrainian: “Водоспад Шакі”
- Ukrainian: “Шакінський водоспад”
- Urdu: “شکی آبشار”
- Western Armenian: “Շաքիի Ջրվէժ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shaki Waterfall and Surb Hovhannes Monastery.
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