Glaciers on Turkey's highest mountain melting due to climate change
Published 25 Aug,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - The glaciers on Mt. Ağrı, Turkey's highest point with an altitude of 5,137 meters (over 16,853 feet), are melting due to the climate change.
A glacier with an area of 10.2 square kilometers (4 square miles) on the summit of the mountain extends from the south to Öküz (ox) Stream in Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı province, and from the north to the Cehennem (Hell) Valley in the Aralık district of Iğdır province.
The glacier on the summit of Mt. Ağrı is of great importance for the region, Oğuz Şimşek, an associate professor at the Department of Geography in Iğdır University, told Anadolu Agency.
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