Aragats mountain, one of amazing tourist spots, is located in Aragatsotn district. It is the highest mountain of Armenia and the forth of Armenian highland. It has 4 peaks, he highest of them is the Northern (4090m), in the second place is the North-Western (4080m), then the Eastern (3916m) comes and the last one is the Southern (3879m). The length of foot outline is 200km. There is a crater (length - 3 km, depth - 350m). The origin of the name is connected with the name of armenian king Ara Geghetsik (Ara Handsome).
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