{"id":11398,"date":"2015-05-27T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/aragats-2\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T06:38:52","slug":"aragats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/aragats\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Aragats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mountain Aragats is a massif in the western part of Armenia, between Ararat and Shirak valleys, Akhuryan and Kasagh rivers. It is a regular cone with jagged summits and slightly oblique slopes. Aragats is the highest mountain of Armenia and the fourth highest one in the Armenian Highland<\/a><\/span>. Historians associate the origin of the name with an Armenian god Ara. The name is decoded as \u201cAra\u2019s throne\u201d or \u201cthe throne of Ara\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n\n