Zangezur Mountains

Zangezur
Zangezur
	Zangezur Mountains, Sisian, Armenia
Highest point
Peak	Mount Kaputjugh
Elevation	3,905 m (12,812 ft)
Coordinates	39°09′33″N 46°00′21″E / 39.15917°N 46.00583°E
Naming
Native name	Զանգեզուրի լեռներ (Armenian); Zangəzur dağları (Azerbaijani);
Geography
Countries	Armenia and Azerbaijan
Regions/Provinces	Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Range coordinates	39°09′N 46°00′E / 39.150°N 46.000°E

The Zangezur Mountains (Armenian: Զանգեզուրի լեռներ or Սյունյաց լեռներ, Azerbaijani: Zəngəzur dağları) are a mountain range that defines the border between Armenia's southern provinces of Syunik, Vayots Dzor, and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The Zangezur region is internationally recognized as being the second-largest tract of forests in Armenia. Additionally, located in the Zangezur Mountains, the forests cover more than 20% of the territory of Armenian Syunik province and reach an elevation of 2,200-2,400 m (4,000 feet).^[1]

^ The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: Asiatic Russia: Caucasia, Aralo-Caspian basin, Siberia - Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, Augustus Henry Keane - See, page 138

[1] The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: Asiatic Russia: Caucasia, Aralo-Caspian basin, Siberia - Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, Augustus Henry Keane - See, page 138

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