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Pontic Mountains

The 217th highest mountain range in the world

3,937m

The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (Pontic, Kuzey Anadolu Dağları, meaning 'North Anatolian Mountains'), form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the "Parhar Mountains" in the local Turkish and Pontic Greek languages. The term Parhar originates from a Hittite word meaning 'high' or 'summit'. In ancient Greek, the mountains were called the Paryadres or Parihedri Mountains.

Location: Turkey.

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

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