Ararat
MOUNT, a famous mountain of Asia, in Armenia, on the confines of the Russian, Turkish, and Persian empires. Its base is washed by the Araxes, from whose low plain it rises to an immense height, terminating in two conical peaks, one much higher than the other. The chief summit, Great-Ararat, was climbed in 1830 by Prof. Parrot, who determined its altitude to be 17,230 feet above sea level. The whole of the upper region of the mountain, from the height of 12,750 feet, is covered with perpetual snow and ice. Ararat is said to be the Ararat of Scripture on whose summit the ark rested.