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Mount Ara
- Prominence
- 59 m192 ft
- Isolation
- 1.4 km
- Tonight
- -1°CFair · Wind 12 km/h N
Mount Ara is a 2,577 m (8,455 ft) volcano in the Armenian Highlands, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,577 m · 8,455 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Dalar (2,616 m)
- Range
- Armenian Highlands
- Region
- Aragatsotn Province, Armenia
- Coordinates
- 40.4021° N, 44.4688° E
Mount Ara 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Mount Ara terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-90 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Mount Ara elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Mount Ara weather
Tonight · Fair · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 12 km/h N
Mount Ara forecast for the summit, about 2,577 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,651 m.
- Tonight-1°–12 km/h NBase 4°
- Today-1°9°1.9 mm14 km/h NBase 4 / 15°
- Sun-4°8°2.8 mm11 km/h NBase 2 / 13°
- Mon-4°7°–12 km/h SWBase 2 / 13°
- Tue0°9°–8 km/h NBase 5 / 15°
- Wed3°10°–9 km/h NBase 8 / 16°
- Thu3°5°4.7 mm10 km/h NEBase 8 / 10°
- Fri1°7°5.0 mm7 km/h SWBase 7 / 13°
- Sat0°5°0.1 mm12 km/h SBase 5 / 11°
- Sun1°7°1.6 mm6 km/h NBase 6 / 13°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 90 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.9% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 947 m low point 1,651 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 79 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Sempervivum transcaucasicum7
- Striped squill6
- Polysarcus elbursianus4
- Fritillaria caucasica3
- Mezereon3
- Common Buzzard3
Where Mount Ara sits
- Region
- Aragatsotn Province3Armenia9Asia964
Nearby places
Lake Kari3,188 m↑26 km WNW
Mount AragatsPeak · 4,090 m↑27 km WNW
Yerevan Lake908 m↑27 km S
Garni Gorge↑38 km SE
AzhdahakPeak · 3,598 m↑45 km ESE
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 2,566 m at the summit; the official height is 2,577 m.
Why: a 90 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,577 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-90 (used on this page) | 2,566 m | -11 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)