| Mount Erek | |
| Photo Size: | 1 |
| Elevation M: | 3.204 |
| Elevation Ref: | See Elevation section |
| Range: | Armenian Highlands |
| Location: | Van, Turkey |
| Map: | Turkey# |
| Label Position: | left#right |
| Coordinates: | 38.4539°N 43.495°W |
| Fetchwikidata: | ALL |
Mount Erek (Armenian: Վարագա լեռ, Varaga leř, Kurdish: Çiyayê Erek) a mountain 3,204 meters high overlooking the city of Van in eastern Turkey.[1]
The prominent, now ruined, Armenian monastery of Varagavank ("monastery of Varag") is located at the foot of the mountain. The toponym Varag may have originated from a Middle Iranian of "crow" (waragh in modern Persian).[2]
. James R. Russell. Zoroastrianism in Armenia. 1987. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 978-0-674-96850-9. 309.