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<font color=darkgreen size=3><b>Mount Ararat Location</b></font><br>
Country: eastern Turkey<br>
Region: Anatolia<br>
Province: Agri<br>
Closest city: Dogubayazit<br>
Population: 85,000<br>
Latitude: 39.7 N<br>
Longitude: 44.3 E<br>
Elevation: 5,137 m; 16,854 ft<br>
Iran: 16 km<br>
Armenia (border closed): 32 km<br>
Georgia: 315 km<br>
Istanbul: 1500 km by road<br>

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<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Fly to Igdir, Agri, Van, or Kars airports to go to Dogubayazit.
<p><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Fly to Erzurum to go to Yusufeli in Kackar Mountains.
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<font color=darkgreen size=+1><b>Getting to Dogubayazit</b></font>
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<font color=red><b>Airports:</b></font> (and driving times)
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Igdir - 45 minutes (under construction, not open yet)
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Agri - 1.5 hours west
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Van - 2.5 hours south
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Kars - 2.5 hours north
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) (closest to city center)
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Istanbul Sobia Gökçen Airport (SAW)
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<blockquote><font color=red><b>Airlines:</b></font> (check baggage restrictions before booking)
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Anadolu
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Turkish Airlines
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> SunExpress
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<blockquote><font color=red><b>Land:</b></font>
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Bus from Istanbul to Dogubayazit - 1500 km, 22 hours
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> We can meet groups at Posof, Georgian border - 310 km, 5 hours
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Arrive by ferry to Trabzon then take a bus to Erzurum (224km) then to Dogubayazit (144km), or from Trabzon to  Kars (359km), then Igdir, then Dogubayazit (181km)
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Train from Istanbul to Lake Van, but arrival times are not convenient or reliable, and the train does not take you all the way to Van city.
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Bus from Iran border to Dogubayazit is 32km. Visa required to enter Iran.
<br><img src="images/greenbullet2.gif"> Border between Armenia and Turkey is closed. To arrive from Yerevan one must come to Georgian border.
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Istanbul-Dogubayazit 1500 km
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Dogubayazit-Ararat 32 km
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Dogubayazit-Gurbulak, Iran border 34
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Dogubayazit-Agri 110 km
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Dogubayazit-Igdir 52 km
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Dogubayazit-Kars 181 km
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Dogubayazit-Van 180 km
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Erzurum-Yusufeli 126 km
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Erzurum-Dogubayazit 300 km
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Kars-Hopa 207 km
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Kars-Igdir 139 km
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Kars-Posof 131 km
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Trabzon-Dogubayazit 498 km
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Trabzon-Erzurum 224 km
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Trabzon-Kars 359 km
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Trabzon-Yusufeli 193 km
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Yusufeli-Dogubayazit 322 km
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Yusufeli-Kars 166 km
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