Lesser Ararat

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Lesser Ararat ( Armenian: Փոքր Արարատ, Turkish: Küçük Ağrı, Kurdish: Agiriyê Biçûk, Persian: آرارات کوچک ) also known as Mount Sis ( Armenian: Սիս) is the fourth-tallest peak and a stratovolcano in Armenian Highlands, sixth-tallest peak in Turkey and second-tallest mount of Ararat volcanic massif. Altitude 3925 (in other sources 3896) meters above sea level. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Turkey's border with Iran. Despite being dwarfed by its higher and far more famous neighbor, Little Ararat is a significant volcano in its own right, with an almost perfectly symmetrical, conical form and smooth constructional slopes. Lesser Ararat is younger than Greater one by 200 million years. Lesser Ararat rises about 1,296 m (4,252 ft) above the Anahtakan/Serdarbulak lava plateau, which forms a saddle connecting it with the main peak.
History.
During the most of historic period Lesser Ararat layed in heart of Armenia (independent kingdoms or satrapies) and was known as Mount Sis. On 8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1829, Baltic German explorer Friedrich Parrot and Armenian writer Khachatur Abovian climbed Little Ararat. Its eastern flank were on the Iranian side of the border until the early 1930s. During the Kurdish Ararat rebellion, Kurdish rebels used the area "as a haven against the state in their uprising."[4] Turkey crossed the border and militarily occupied the region, which Iran eventually agreed to cede to Ankara in a territorial exchange. The related treaty was signed on 23 January 1932.