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Aragats, Mount

Aragats, Mount (ărugăts', Rus. urugäts') [key]or Mount Alagez (ulugyôs') [key], extinct volcano, 13,435 ft (4,095 m) high, N Armenia, in the Lesser Caucasus. It is the highest peak in Armenia.

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