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2 unusual facts about Mount Erciyes


Mount Erciyes

Strabo called the mountain Argaeus (Ἀργαῖος); he wrote that the summit was never free from snow and that those few who ascended it reported seeing both the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south in days with a clear sky.

The first documented successful climb was performed by William John Hamilton in 1837.



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