Vayots Dzor Marz

Vayots Dzor is bordered by the Vardenis, Zangezur and Nakhichevan Mountain Ranges, with the Vaik mountains crossing its southern area. The district’s northern border was formed by volcanoes along the Vardenis Mountain Range, the most beautiful of which is Vayots Sahr, a hangats herabukh (dormant volcano). Active in the Pleistocene era, the volcano is 2580 meters (8,463 feet) high. The crater’s diameter is 600 meters (1,968 feet) across. Descending 125 meters to the crater floor, you can sense the immense explosions that spewed fertile lava and closed off Lake Sevan from its old southern territory. Inside the crater is a 14th century stone chapel.

Several schools are reconstructed in Vayots Dzor by the Armenian Education Foundation.

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Vayots Dzor

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