Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut
Highest point
Elevation	2,134 m (7,001 ft)
Coordinates	37°58′50″N 38°44′27″E / 37.98056°N 38.74083°E / 37.98056; 38.74083
Geography
Mount Nemrut Adıyaman Province, Turkey
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Nemrut Dağ
Criteria	Cultural: i, iii, iv
Reference	448
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Area	11 ha

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı; Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrûdê; Armenian: Նեմրութ լեռ; Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) is a 2,134-metre-high (7,001 ft) mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains.

It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.^[1]