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Anatolian plateau

The inner part of Asia Minor Highlands in Turkey

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Anatolian plateau
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Anatolian plateau (Turkish: Anadolu Yaylası or Anadolu Platosu) is a plateau that occupies most of Turkey's surface area. The elevation of the plateau ranges from 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the west to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). Mount Erciyes near Kayseri, is the highest elevation at 3,917 metres (12,851 ft). Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is located in the northwestern part of this plateau.

Text: Wikipedia (English), CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Location and names: Wikidata (CC0)

Places to Visit

Nearby places

The closest 6 places around Anatolian plateau; sorted without regard to province borders.

Lake Çöl

Lake and Dam · Gölbaşı / Ankara33.9 km

Lake Tuz

Lake and Dam · Şereflikoçhisar / Ankara34.3 km

Aspona

Ancient City · Bala / Ankara42.6 km

Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.

Konya

Other places in Konya

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Çatalhöyük
Monument

Çatalhöyük

Çatalhöyük is a tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city…

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Mevlâna Museum
Tomb and Mausoleum

Mevlâna Museum

Museum dedicated to the poet Rumi, including Rumi's tomb

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Alâeddin Mosque
Mosque

Alâeddin Mosque

The Alâeddin Mosque is the principal monument on Alaaddin Hill (Alaadin Tepesi) in the centre of Konya, Turkey.

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Archaeological Site

Lystra

Lystra was a city in central Anatolia, now part of present-day Turkey.

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Lake and Dam

Lake Bolluk

Lake Bolluk is a lake in Turkey.

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Eşrefoğlu Mosque
Mosque

Eşrefoğlu Mosque

Eşrefoğlu Mosque is a 13th-century mosque in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey.

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