The Nur Mountains

The Nur Mountains, formerly referred to as Alma-Dag or the historical Amanus, is a mountain iety inside the Hatay Province of south-vital Turkey, which runs roughly parallel to the Gulf of Askenderun. Gulf of Alexandretta or Askenderun is a gulf of the eastern Mediterranean or Levantine Sea. It lies beside the southern Turkish provinces of Adana and Hatay. The iety reaches a maximum elevation of 2,240 m and divides the coastal location of Cilicia from inland Syria. The maximum top is Bozdag Dagi.

A fundamental pass through the mountains known as the Syrian Gates or Belen Pass is located near the town of Belen. Another pass referred to as the Bahçe Pass or Amanic Gates is farther north. The particular time period "Mount Amanus" is noted by means of historic writers, it turned into also used in 1976, to described the location wherein Iris kirkwoodiae changed into determined. It turned into later called Alma-Dag or Alma Dug; though its precise location inside the iety is uncertain, it can at instances consult with Belen Pass.