Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park | |
Alt Name: | Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı |
Map: | Turkey#Caucasus mountains#Europe |
Relief: | yes |
Label: | Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains NP |
Label Position: | left#right |
Location: | Şenkaya, Erzurum Province-Sarıkamış, Kars Province, Turkey |
Coords: | 40.302°N 42.6145°W |
Area: | 22519ha |
Governing Body: | Ministry of Forest and Water Management |
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park (tr|Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı), established on October 19, 2004, is a national park in northeastern Turkey. The national park stretches over the mountain range of Allahuekber Mountains and is located on the province border of Erzurum and Kars.
It covers an area of 22519ha at an average elevation of 2300m (7,500feet).
The national park is of historical importance, where during the Battle of Sarikamish at the beginning of World War I about 60,000 Turkish soldiers died freezing under harsh winter conditions on the Allahuekber Mountains.