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Nur Mountains

The 957th highest mountain range in the world

2,262m

The Nur Mountains (Nur Dağları, "Mountains of Holy Light"), formerly known as Alma-Dağ, the ancient Mount Amanus (Ancient Ἄ), medieval Black Mountain, or Jabal al-Lukkam in Arabic, is a mountain range in the Hatay Province of south-central Turkey. It begins south of the Taurus Mountains and the Ceyhan river, runs roughly parallel to the Gulf of İskenderun, and ends on the Mediterranean coast between the Gulf of İskenderun and the Orontes (Asi) river mouth.

Location: Turkey.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.

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