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{{short description|Mountain in Turkey}}
'''Cilo Dağı''' ("mount of Cilo" in Turkish), 4116 m high, <ref>The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. University of Michigan p. 920 </ref><ref>Brockhaus, Enzyklopädie in 30 Bänden, Vol. 28. Mannheim 2006, p. 117, s.v. Türkei.</ref> is the third highest mountain in Turkey. The mountain is located in the Hakkari Dağları, in the eastern [[Taurus Mountains|Taurus]], in the [[Yüksekova|district of Yüksekova]] of the [[Hakkâri Province]]. Cilo Dağı is part of the 30 km long Cilo mountain range.<ref>[http://www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de/website/aktivitaeten/bergwanderung/bergwanderung.htm www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de]</ref> The Uludoruk (4135 m), located in the immediate vicinity (4 km away), is the second highest mountain in Turkey. In 1984, the area was closed to civilians. It was not until 2002 that a team of mountaineers was authorized to climb again the Cilo mountains.<ref>[http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2002/09/28/186737.asp Hürriyet, 28. September 2002]</ref>
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| name = Cilo Dağı
| photo = File:Cilo... - panoramio.jpg
| photo_caption = Cilo Dağı
| map = Turkey#Middle East#West Asia
| map_caption = Turkey
| location = [[Yüksekova]],<br> [[Hakkâri Province]], [[Turkey]]
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| elevation_m = 4,116
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| range = [[Armenian highlands|Armenian]] / [[Taurus Mountains|Taurus]] / [[Zagros Mountains]]
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'''Cilo Dağı''' ({{Lang-ku|Çiyayê Cîlo}}; {{Lang-hy|Ջողա լեռ}}) is the third highest mountain in [[Turkey]]. It is {{convert|4,116|m|ft|abbr=on}} high and lies in the Hakkâri Dağları chain, located in the eastern [[Taurus Mountains|Taurus]], in the [[Yüksekova|district of Yüksekova]] of the [[Hakkâri Province]].<ref>The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. University of Michigan p. 920 </ref><ref>Brockhaus, Enzyklopädie in 30 Bänden, Vol. 28. Mannheim 2006, p. 117, s.v. Türkei.</ref>
==Notes==
 
==Description==
'''Cilo Dağı''' ("mountis part of Cilo" inmountain Turkish)range, 4116 m high, <ref>The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. University of Michigan p. 920 </ref><ref>Brockhaus, Enzyklopädie in 30 Bänden, Vol. 28. Mannheim 2006, p. 117, s.v. Türkei.</ref>which is the third highest mountain in Turkey. The mountain is located in the Hakkari Dağları, in the eastern [[Taurus Mountains{{convert|Taurus]], in the [[Yüksekova30|district of Yüksekova]] of the [[Hakkâri Province]]. Cilo Dağı is part of the 30 km|mile|abbr=on}} long Cilo mountain range.<ref>[http://www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de/website/aktivitaeten/bergwanderung/bergwanderung.htm www.tuerkei-kultur-info.de]</ref> The [[Uludoruk Glacier|Uludoruk]] (4135 {{convert|4,135|m|ft|abbr=on}}), located in the immediate vicinity ({{convert|4 |km|mile|abbr=on}} away), is the second highest mountain in Turkey. In 1984, the area was closed to civilians. It was not until 2002 that a team of mountaineers was authorized to climb again the Cilo mountains.<ref>[http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2002/09/28/186737.asp Hürriyet, 28. September 2002]</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[Noah's Ark|Ark]] of [[Noah in Islam#In culture|Nuh]] or [[Noah]]
* [[List of mountains in Turkey]]
** [[Mount Judi]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Mountains of Turkey]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110024651/http://www.terra-anatolia.com/map/cilomap.htm Sketch of the range]
 
[[Category:Landforms of Hakkâri Province]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Turkey]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Armenian Highlands]]
[[Category:Mountains of Turkey|Cilo]]
[[Category:Taurus Mountains]]
[[Category:Zagros Mountains]]