Mount Ida (Turkey)

Mount Ida
Şahinderesi Canyon and Mount Ida
Highest point
Elevation5,820 ft (1,770 m)
ProminenceAt Karataş peak (ancient Gargarus)
Coordinates39°42′N 26°50′E / 39.700°N 26.833°E / 39.700; 26.833
Naming
Native nameKazdağı (Turkish)
Geography
The Mıhlı waterfall is on the border between Balıkesir and Çanakkale in Mt. Ida
Mount Ida
Mount Ida National Park
View of Mount Ida
Mount Ida National Park
Mount Ida National Park

Mount Ida (Turkish: Kazdağı, pronounced [kazdaɯ], meaning "Goose Mountain",[1] Kaz Dağları, or Karataş Tepesi, Greek: Ίδα) is a mountain in northwestern Turkey, some 20 mi (32 km) southeast of the ruins of Troy, along the north coast of the Edremit Gulf. It is between Balıkesir Province and Çanakkale Province.

  1. ^ This etymology is given by Tanıtkan in the article referenced by the link below.

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