Mount Butin
| Mount Butin | |
|---|---|
| Butin, Botin | |
 Mount Butin in April 2016 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2534 m |
| Coordinates | 37°04′40″N 44°09′21″E / 37.07778°N 44.15583°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | |
| Geography | |
  Mount Butin  Mount Butin Mount Butin (Iraq) | |
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| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
Butin or Botin (Kurdish: بۆتین, Botîn)[1][2] located on the Pendro terrain in Kurdistan Region.[3] The mountain lies 4 km (2 mi) to the northeast of Pendro and some 100 km (62 mi) from Erbil. Hunting in Butin is prohibited and it is home to a large population of Wild Goat and other wildlife. Butin has a lot of valuable trees and mountain herbs, the most extensive growths on the Butin slopes.[4][5]
Photo gallery
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Mount Butin, captured on May 9, 2010 -
Mount Butin from Chemma, photographed on April 8, 2016 -
A wild goat spotted near Mount Butin -
Mount Butin in winter, showing the snowy landscape -
View of Pendro village with Mount Butin in the background -
Winter view of Mount Butin from Chemma -
Members of the Kurdistan Mountain Climbing Federation, 2015 -
Another image of the Kurdistan Mountain Climbing Federation, 2015
References
[edit]- ^ "Li Mêrgesor ji ber şerê PKK û Tirkiyê kesek şehîd bûye-ARK NEWS". www.arknews.net (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "بۆتین ئالای كوردستانی بهرز كردهوه ... ئا: زوهری ئێدلبی". www.kurdistannet.biz. Retrieved 20 December 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pendro - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ "Kurd Flora". www.kurdflora.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ "The Kurdistan Region's flora and fauna". Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2017-05-08.