Allahuekber Mountains

For the national park, see Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park.

Allahuekber Mountains (Turkish: Allahuekber Dağları, which means "Allahu akbar Mountains"), is a mountain range in northeastern Turkey. It is located on the border of Erzurum, Kars and Ardahan provinces.^[1] It is part of the Pontic Mountains.^{[citation needed]}

Allahuekber Mountains
View of mountains
Highest point
Elevation	3,120 m (10,240 ft)
Coordinates	40°34′05″N 42°31′53″E
Dimensions
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Width	20 km (12 mi)
Geography
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Location	Kars Province, Ardahan Province, Erzurum Province, Turkey

When World War I began in 1914, the range was astride the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire during the Caucasus campaign. Turkish troops suffered a disaster during the Battle of Sarikamish, when they were ordered to recapture the Kars area, which was then part of the Russian Empire. Thousands of Turkish soldiers under the command of Enver Pasha died of hypothermia in the winter snow of the Allahuekber Mountains.^[2]

In January 2022 a statue in memory of Ottoman soldiers that froze to death in WWI was unveiled in Sarıkamış district.^[3]