Mount Erek

Mount Erek (Turkish: Erek Dağı, Armenian: Վարագա լեռ, Varaga leř, Kurdish: Çiyayê Erek) a mountain 3,204 meters high overlooking the city of Van in eastern Turkey.^[1]

Mount Erek
A view from Mount Erek (September 2017)
Highest point
Elevation	3.204 m (10.51 ft) See Elevation section
Coordinates	38°27′14″N 43°29′42″E
Naming
Native name	Erek Dağı (Turkish)
Geography
Mount Erek Location in Turkey
Location	Van, Turkey
Parent range	Armenian Highlands

The prominent, now ruined, Armenian monastery of Varagavank ("monastery of Varag") is located at the foot of the mountain. The toponym Varag may have originated from a Middle Iranian of "crow" (waragh in modern Persian).^[2]

References

1. "Erek Dağı (Van)" (pdf) (in Turkish). Lokman Kayci. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
2. Russell, James R. (1987). Zoroastrianism in Armenia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-674-96850-9.