| Little Ararat | |
| Elevation M: | 3925 |
| Prominence: | approx. 1,200 m (4,000 ft) |
| Range: | Armenian Highlands |
| Location: | Doğubeyazıt District, Ağrı Province, Turkey |
| Map: | Turkey |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 39.65°N 68°W |
| Type: | Stratovolcano |
Little Ararat or Lesser Ararat (Turkish: Küçük Ağrı; Armenian: Փոքր Արարատ|translit=Pok'r Ararat, Persian: کوه آرارات کوچک (Kuh-e Ararat-e Kuchak) Kurdish: Agiriyê Biçûk|script=Latn), also known as Mount Sis ([1]), is the sixth-tallest peak and a stratovolcano in Turkey. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than 5miles west of Turkey’s border with Iran. Despite being dwarfed by its higher and far more famous neighbor, Little Ararat is a significant volcano in its own right, with an almost perfectly symmetrical, conical form and smooth constructional slopes. Little Ararat rises about 1296m (4,252feet) above the Serdarbulak lava plateau, which forms a saddle connecting it with the main peak.[2]
On, Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian climbed Little Ararat.[3] Its eastern flank was on the Iranian side of the border until the early 1930s.
During the Kurdish Ararat rebellion, Kurdish rebels used the area "as a haven against the state in their uprising."[4] Turkey crossed the border and militarily occupied the region, which Iran eventually agreed to cede to Ankara in a territorial exchange.[5] [6] The related treaty was signed on 23 January 1932.[7]
. Friedrich Parrot. William Desborough Cooley. Introduction by Pietro A. Shakarian. Journey to Ararat. Gomidas Institute. London. 2016. 1846. 183–184. 978-1909382244.