Sarikamis

Sarikamis is a town and a locale of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia area of Turkey. Its populace was 17,860 out of 2010. The town sits in a valley and is encompassed by mountains, huge numbers of which are secured with pine woods. It has a subalpine atmosphere, with normal of 7– 8 ft/ 2.1m- 2.4m of snowfall; it has long winters and short, dry summers. As of late Sarikamis has created as a winter skiing resort, with one of the world's longest tracks.

Sarikamis locale neighbors the regions of Selim and Kagizman to East, Senkaya and Horasan to West, Eleskirt to South, Selim and Senkaya to North and possesses a region of 1732 km². Its normal elevation is 1500-2000m, and Aladag Mountain, 3138m, is inside its outskirts. Other critical mountains are Suphan, Balikli 2835 m, Kosedagi 2599 m, Ciplakdag 2634 m and Soganli 2849 m. The Kars and Aras waterways course through it.

Broad sleeping shelter from the Russian time frame encompass the town are still being used by the Turkish armed force. Other recorded structures incorporate the town's previous Russian house of prayer, referred to locally as Yanik Kilise, now utilized as a mosque in the wake of being utilized as a film for a long time. A chasing lodge, worked for a visit by Czar Nicolas, is situated at the edge of the pine woods.