{"id":32258,"date":"2018-10-25T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/shikalich\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:00:34","slug":"shikalich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/shikalich\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Shikalich"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karhank Mountains<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Length: 14 km<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highest summit: Mount Shikalitch (2,402 m)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinates: 40\u00b051\u201954.79, 44\u00b031\u201930.64<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mountain range is located in Lori Province and forms the southeastern branch of the Bazum Mountains. The Karhank Mountains begin at Mount Shater in the Bazum Mountains and extend southeast to Mount Shikalitch, at which point they move northeast and downwards towards Gailadzor Gorge. The Karhank Mountains serve as a natural barrier between the Pambak River and its left tributary &#8211; the Vahagn. The northeastern and southeastern slopes of the mountains are wooded.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Shikalitch<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Shikalitch is located in Lori Province, 2.5 km north of Karaberd village. The summit is rocky and looks towards the city of Vanadzor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Ani Sargsyan &amp; Aghasi Martirosyan<\/em><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1k571c2-e94f8e0f5e1d908e9c7f944e62a195f2\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-1k571c2-e94f8e0f5e1d908e9c7f944e62a195f2 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:50%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-1k571c2-e94f8e0f5e1d908e9c7f944e62a195f2 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/shikalich\/\"><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_7310.jpg?fit=1030%2C687&amp;ssl=1\" 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