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Yogunhasan Kalesi |
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Slope Settlement | |||||
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Altitude:
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1660 m | |||||
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Eastern Anatolia | |||||
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Kars | |||||
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Sarikamis | |||||
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Village:
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Karapinar | |||||
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Visited - 29/6/2003 | |||||
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For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: It is situated at Altçayirlik Mevkii on the northern slope of the Kondol Hill, 3.6 km west of the Karapinar (Yogunhasan) Village, 40 km southwest of the Sarikamis Village in Kars. |
| Geography and Environment: The fortress is on the northern skirt of the Aras Güneyi Mountains, 1.5 km south of the Aras River. It is at the cross roads of historical trade routes from Caucasia strecthing into the Anatolia to cities such as Kars, Sarikamis, Horasan, Hasankale, Erzurum, Erzincan and Sivas, and from India, Afghanistan, Northwest Iran, Nakchivan, Igdir, and Kagizman. To the northwest is a water spring. In 1/25.000 scale maps, it appears as "Kale Tepe". |
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