Mount Aragats (Armenian: Արագած also: Ալագյազ – Alagyaz) is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in northwest Armenia about 40 km northwest of the capital city of Yerevan. It is the highest point in Armenia located in the province of Aragatsotn northwest from Yerevan. On its slopes are the Byurakan Observatory and the medieval Amberd Fortress.
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