Cilo Dağı | |
Map: | Turkey#Middle East#West Asia |
Location: | Yüksekova, Hakkâri Province, Turkey |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 37.5°N 101°W |
Elevation M: | 4,116 |
Range: | Armenian / Taurus / Zagros Mountains |
Cilo Dağı (;) is the third highest mountain in Turkey. It is 4116m (13,504feet) high and lies in the Hakkâri Dağları chain, located in the eastern Taurus, in the district of Yüksekova of the Hakkâri Province.[1] [2]
Cilo Dağı is part of Cilo mountain range, which is 30km (20miles) long.[3] The Uludoruk (4135m (13,566feet)), located in the immediate vicinity (4km (02miles) away), is the second highest mountain in Turkey. In 1984, the area was closed to civilians. It was not until 2002 that a team of mountaineers was authorized to climb again the Cilo mountains.[4]