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IRANIAN CLIMBERS ASCEND MOUNT ARARAT
IranMania News
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Iran
LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) - A five-member team of mountaineers
from Maragheh, East Azarbaijan, had ascended Mount Ararat in Turkey,
secretariat of Mountain Climbing Board of Maragheh said, IRNA reported.
Mohammad-Reza Monaseb-Fam said the team includes Javad Salam- Zadeh,
Taqi Asqarvand, Farshid Sarbaz, Masoud Yossef-Pour and Jafar Ebadi.
The 5,165-meter Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey. This
snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in Igdir province,
near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km west of the Iranian and
32 km south of the Armenian border.
IranMania News
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Iran
LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) - A five-member team of mountaineers
from Maragheh, East Azarbaijan, had ascended Mount Ararat in Turkey,
secretariat of Mountain Climbing Board of Maragheh said, IRNA reported.
Mohammad-Reza Monaseb-Fam said the team includes Javad Salam- Zadeh,
Taqi Asqarvand, Farshid Sarbaz, Masoud Yossef-Pour and Jafar Ebadi.
The 5,165-meter Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey. This
snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in Igdir province,
near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km west of the Iranian and
32 km south of the Armenian border.