Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park

National park in Turkey For the mountain range, see Allahuekber Mountains.

Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park
Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı

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Location	Şenkaya, Erzurum Province-Sarıkamış, Kars Province, Turkey
Coordinates	40°18′07.27″N 42°36′52.04″E / 40.3020194°N 42.6144556°E / 40.3020194; 42.6144556
Area	22,519 ha (55,650 acres)
Established	October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
Governing body	Ministry of Forest and Water Management
Website	www.milliparklar.gov.tr/mp/sarikamisallahuekberdaglari/index.htm

Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park (Turkish: Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı), established on October 19, 2004, is a national park in northeastern Turkey. The national park stretches over the mountain range of Allahuekber Mountains and is located on the province border of Erzurum and Kars.

It covers an area of 22,519 ha (55,650 acres) at an average elevation of 2,300 m (7,500 ft).

The national park is of historical importance, where during the Battle of Sarikamish at the beginning of World War I about 60,000 Turkish soldiers died freezing under harsh winter conditions on the Allahuekber Mountains.

References

^ "Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı" (in Turkish). Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
"Military revises death toll of 1914 Caucasus operation". Hürriyet Daily News. 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

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