The Kaçkar Mountains (Turkish: Kaçkar Dağları; Armenian: Քաջքար, Kajkar), formerly known as the Lazistan Mountains[1][2] or the Mountains of Khaghtik (Armenian: Խաղտեաց լեռներ),[3] are a mountain range that rises above the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey.
With the highest peak, Kaçkar Dağı, at an elevation of 3,937 metres (12,917 ft), and mountain plateaus at about 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in elevation, the range is the highest part of the Pontic Mountains. The Kaçkars are glaciated mountains that are alpine in character, with steep rocky peaks and numerous mountain lakes. The area was declared a national park in 1994. Recreational activities in the park include hiking, camping, mountaineering, and, increasingly, heliskiing.[4][5] The Kackar range boasts a wide variety of plants and wildlife such as wolves, bears, boars, feral goats, deer, jackals and wild chickens.[6]
The name Kaçkar derives from the Armenian term khachkar (Խաչքար),[7] which literally means "cross stone".[8] The name may be used in various senses. It may describe the whole mountain range, including the many mountain groups, or it may just describe the Kaçkar-Kavron group with its highest peak, or just the highest peak itself. The local name of the highest peak or its mountain group Kaçkar Dağı translates to Kaçkar Mountain, and the name of the range Kaçkar Dağları translates to Kaçkar Mountains.
Geographyedit
Winter
On the south and east, the Kaçkar Mountains are bordered by the Çoruh river valley; on the north, by the Black Sea coast.
Kaçkar Mountains are one of the best trekking sites in Turkey. Kaçkars have two ideal trekking routes. The first is from the Black Sea side; the path is clear and it is easy to trek, while the Çoruh side is more difficult and hazardous. Kaçkar Mountains are cold and have glaciers, hence ice axes and crampons are required. The best time for trekking is between June and September.[9]
Galleryedit
Kaçkar mountains from the view of Gito plateau, a foggy dayElevit Plateau, Rize
^Knight, Charles (1854). The English Cyclopedia A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. p. 507, 508.
^Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. 1869. p. 363.
^Ayvazyan, Hovhannes (1979). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, Volume 12 (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing. p. 373.
^"Mt. Kackar to be monitored". Turkish Daily News. (National ed.). Ankara. 31 October 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
^ Hadik, Jancsi (1 November 2005). "First Tracks". Skiing. 58 (3). Winter Park, Florida: Bonnier Corporation: 28. ISSN 0037-6264. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
^"KACKAR MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK". 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
^Marc Dubin; Enver Lucas (1989). Trekking in Turkey. Lonely Planet. p. 125. ISBN0-86442-037-4.
^Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: A Historical Atlas. — University of Chicago Press, 2001. — 341 p. — ISBN0-226-33228-4, ISBN978-0-226-33228-4. P.212. "River between the port of Atina (now Pazar) on the coast and the great inland peak called Kajkar (Arm. Khach'k'ar) Dagh 'Cross-stone Mountain'"
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