Mount Boyuk Kirs

Boyuk Kirs
Highest point
Elevation2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Coordinates39°38′51″N 46°44′45″E / 39.64750°N 46.74583°E / 39.64750; 46.74583
Naming
Native nameBöyük Kirs dağı (Azerbaijani)
Geography
Boyuk Kirs
Location of the mountain
Boyuk Kirs
Boyuk Kirs (Azerbaijan)
Country Azerbaijan

Mount Boyuk Kirs (Azerbaijani: Böyük Kirs dağı — Mount Big Kirs) is one of the highest peaks in the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus in Azerbaijan at an altitude of 2,725 metres above sea level. Before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was the highest mountain of the breakaway Republic of Arstakh. It forms the border between the Khojavend and Shusha districts of Azerbaijan. The mountain is formed by volcanic rocks dating to the Middle Jurassic.

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