Mount Boyuk Kirs (Azerbaijani: Böyük Kirs dağıMount Big Kirs) is one of the highest peaks in the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus in Azerbaijan at an altitude of 2,725 metres above sea level.[1] Before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was the highest mountain of the breakaway Republic of Arstakh.[2][3] It forms the border between the Khojavend and Shusha districts of Azerbaijan. The mountain is formed by volcanic rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic.[4]

Boyuk Kirs
Highest point
Elevation2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Coordinates39°38′51″N 46°44′45″E / 39.64750°N 46.74583°E / 39.64750; 46.74583
Naming
Native nameBöyük Kirs dağı (Azerbaijani)
Geography
Boyuk Kirs is located in Caucasus Mountains
Boyuk Kirs
Boyuk Kirs
Location of the mountain
Boyuk Kirs is located in Azerbaijan
Boyuk Kirs
Boyuk Kirs
Boyuk Kirs (Azerbaijan)
Country Azerbaijan

Toponymy

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The mount is named so as to distinguish it from the oronym Kichik Kirs. Kirs is used as a toponymic term meaning "swollen hill, steep mountain".[1]

Geology

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The mount is part of the geological Lachyn subzone, which is a narrow Jurassic rock with some Albian-Cenomanian transgressive mantle, over 70 km long, and 2-8 km wide. The subzone is traced from the interfluve of the Pichanis and the Shalva in the northeast, to the left bank of the Araz in the southeast.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Əliyeva, Rübabə, ed. (2007). AZƏRBAYCAN TOPONİMLƏRİNİN ENSİKLOPEDİK LÜĞƏTİ (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Vol. 1. Baku: Şərq-Qərb. p. 152. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
  2. ^ "World atlas". 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Wikiloc". Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "BÖYÜK KİRS". Azərbaycan Milli Ensiklopediyası.
  5. ^ Geosciences of Azerbaijan. Vol. 1. Springer. 2016. p. 180. ISBN 978-3-319-27393-8.