{"id":27510,"date":"2018-01-15T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/glut-and-vardut\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T08:12:39","slug":"glut-and-vardut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/glut-and-vardut\/","title":{"rendered":"Glut and Vardut Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taper Mountains<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Length: 12 km<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highest summit: Mount Vardut (2,353 m)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinates: 41\u00b04\u201931.14, 44\u00b030\u20194.80<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in Lori Province, the Taper Mountains make up the southeastern branch of the Lejan Massif, starting from the Lejan summit and stretching to the southeast towards the summit of Mount Metstun. At this point they change direction and head southwest (towards Dzoraget Gorge). These mountains serve as a watershed between the Hovanadzor and Mendzor Rivers. Their highest point is Mount Vardut.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Vardut<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Vardut lies between the Mendzor and Hovanadzor Rivers at a distance of 5 km northwest from Hovanadzor village. The slopes of Mount Vardut feature several springs and abundant meadow vegetation, as well as masses of stones.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27478\" style=\"width: 855px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0721.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27478\" class=\"wp-image-27478 size-gallery\" title=\"Griffon Vulture flying above the mountains Vardut and Glut\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0721.jpg?resize=845%2C684&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Griffon Vulture flying above the mountains Vardut and Glut\" width=\"845\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0721.jpg?resize=845%2C684&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0721.jpg?resize=495%2C400&amp;ssl=1 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griffon Vulture flying above the mountains Vardut and Glut<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamatur Mountains<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Length: 3.5 km<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highest summit: Mount Glut (2,101 m)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinates: 41\u00b03\u20198.79, 44\u00b031\u201914.35<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in Lori Province, the Kamatur Mountains comprise the eastern branch of the Taper Mountains, starting from the Metstun summit and stretching to the Hovanadzor River Valley in an easterly direction. Mount Glut is located on the right bank of the Hovanadzor River, 2 km north of Hovanadzor village.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Glut<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slopes of Mount Glut are rocky and covered with alpine meadows, while the northeastern slope is home to the Atcharkut Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photographers Hrachuhi Ayvazyan and Aghasi Martirosyan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h2>Hiking and Trekking in Armenia<\/h2>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taper Mountains Length: 12 km Highest summit: Mount Vardut (2,353 m) Coordinates: 41\u00b04\u201931.14, 44\u00b030\u20194.80 Located in Lori Province, the Taper Mountains make up the southeastern branch of the Lejan Massif, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mountains-en","category-our-hiking-photos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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