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Tehran: Iranian Climbers Ascend Mount Ararat

IRANIAN CLIMBERS ASCEND MOUNT ARARAT

IranMania News
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Iran

LONDON, August 14 (IranMania) – A five-member team of mountaineers
from Maragheh, East Azarbaijan, had ascended Mount Ararat in Turkey,
secretariat of Mountain Climbing Board of Maragheh said, IRNA reported.

Mohammad-Reza Monaseb-Fam said the team includes Javad Salam- Zadeh,
Taqi Asqarvand, Farshid Sarbaz, Masoud Yossef-Pour and Jafar Ebadi.

The 5,165-meter Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey. This
snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in Igdir province,
near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km west of the Iranian and
32 km south of the Armenian border.

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