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Durupınar site


Coordinates: 39°26′26.3″N 44°14′05.3″E / 39.440639°N 44.234806°E / 39.440639; 44.234806

The Durupınar site is a large aggregate structure on Mount Tendürek in eastern Turkey. The site is 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of the Iranian border, 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Doğubeyazıt, in the Ağrı Province, and eighteen miles (29 km) south of the Greater Mount Ararat summit, at an elevation of 6,449 ft (1,966 m) ~ 6,575 ft (2,004 m) above sea level.

The size and shape of the structure has led to its promotion by some believers as the original Noah's Ark. However, there are both mainstream scientists and creationists who believe this is merely a slightly unusual natural formation. The site is near several officially unnamed peaks, though locals call one of the nearby peaks Cudi Dağı in Turkish and Çîyaye Cûdî in Kurdish, which David Fasold linked to Mount Judi (Arabic: الجودي‎‎ al-Ǧūdī), the mountain named in the Qur'an as the final resting place of Noah's Ark. Some researchers place Mount Judi in another location farther south near the Turkish/Iraqi border.


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