Overview
Palandöken Mountain is a 3,271 m high tectonic mountain in Erzurum Province, Turkey. The summit is at a distance of only 10 km from Erzurum city center, which itself extends at an elevation of 1,950 m.
Description
Palandöken Mountain is a tectonic mountain with an altitude of 3125 meters located in Erzurum, in the Eastern Anatolia Region. Palandökenensis, a flower unique to Palandöken, can be found in May. There is a ski center in Başköy area.
Palandöken Mountain
Palandöken Mountain is a tectonic mountain with an altitude of 3271 meters, located in Erzurum. There is a ski center in Başköy area.
10 km from the city of Erzurum. It is the highest point of the environment with its summit located to the south. Erzurum city center does not look imposing like the other mountains above 3000 meters due to the height of 1950 meters and the massive mountain range. However, his name is mentioned in mythology, especially in many legends in Anatolia.
Palandöken, the amount of snow on the northern slopes of hosting the winter, has the title of most popular ski resort with the ski resort with quality and Turkey's longest runway. There are many rumors about the name of the mountain. The most accepted of these is the one that occurred when the name paladöken, which means topple the machete, which does not base it, turned into Palandöken in time.