Babadağ (mountain, Denizli)

Babadağ (Gok Tepe, Karcı Dağı)
Babadağ (Gok Tepe, Karcı Dağı) is located in Turkey
Babadağ (Gok Tepe, Karcı Dağı)
Babadağ (Gok Tepe, Karcı Dağı)
Location in Turkey
Highest point
Elevation2,308 m (7,572 ft)[1]
Prominence1,178 m (3,865 ft)[1]
Coordinates37°43′55″N 28°52′41″E / 37.73194°N 28.87806°E / 37.73194; 28.87806[1]
Geography
LocationDenizli Province, Turkey

Babadağ in Denizli Province is one of two mountains in Turkey with the same name, which translates into English as "Father Mountain". The other Babadağ mountain is in Muğla Province on the Aegean Sea. Both are part of the Taurus Mountains. The summit of the Babadağ in Denizli Province is located 23 km away in southwestern direction from Denizli, the capital of the province.

The mountain has a principal summit at an elevation of 2,308 metres (7,572 ft), a prominence of 1,178 metres (3,865 ft), and an isolation of 36.37 kilometres (23 miles), which is limited by Mount Honaz to the east.[1] The summit of Babadağ is covered by snow yearlong.

On the northern slope of the mountain − at an altitude of about 800 m − is the town Babadağ named after the mountain.

The area is characterized by the existence of geological fault zones,[2] which have contributed in the past to the occurrence of many landslides.[3] The high risk of landslides in conjunction with seismic activity has led to the evacuation of a substantial part of the town of Babadağ in 2006 and to a relocation of many of the former inhabitants to the Denizli.[4]

Photographs

  • View from the west
    View from the west
  • View from the west, from the hill above the theater of Aphrodisias
    View from the west, from the hill above the theater of Aphrodisias
  • View from the south
    View from the south
  • View from southwest
    View from southwest
  • View from northeast, from the hills above Pamukkale
    View from northeast, from the hills above Pamukkale


  1. ^ a b c d "Babadağ, Turkey". Peakbagger.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ Ozdemir, Esra Burcu (2005). Structural Evolution of the Babadag Fault Zone in Denizli Graben, South Western Turkey (PDF). Master Thesis, Graduate College, Oklahoma State University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Lazecky, M.; et al. (2016). "Potential of Sentinel -1a for nation-wide routine updates of active landslide maps" (PDF). ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Presentation at the XXIII ISPRS Congress, Commission VI, Prague, Czech Republic July 12-19, 2016. International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 41. Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH, Göttingen, Germany: 775–781. doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B7-775-2016.
  4. ^ Comut, F. C.; et al. (2015). Ruzickova, K.; Inspektor, T. (eds.). Initial results of a surface deformation by using InSAR techniques: Case study of Babadag (Denizli), Turkey. Surface Models for Geosciences, Chapt. 7. Springer. pp. 73–86. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18407-4_7. ISBN 978-3-319-18406-7.


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