Azerbaijan
Baku Stage Mountain
"Baku Stage" Mountain is a mountain chain that was created due to retreating sea levels.
It is mainly of geological interest for its stratigraphic columns. In addition to geological deposits also paleontological remnants have been found.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- "Baku Stage" Mountain (ID: 1177)
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Status
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On tentative list 1998
Site history
History of Baku Stage Mountain
- 1998: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Natural
- Criteria
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
- Official
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- unesco.preslib.az — Azerbaijan UNESCO
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UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org
Official Website
- unesco.preslib.az — Azerbaijan UNESCO
Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Mountain
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When you are in Baku, and most likely stayed at the coast, you'll see this mountain. I stayed on both sides and had some further investigation into this. I figured it would be "Beverly Hills" style fancy houses up there due to the nice view but aside from a few it wasn't really the case. So when you are the bay you will see this across the entire landmass. It's IMPOSSIBLE to miss. You perhaps don't realize it's just a narrow mountain range from this side. It goes back down on the other side but it is much higher up too. The main road also goes around the bay so you will not have to drive up unless you are actually going to the mountain range.
I was on the west side first and then searched for spots to look beyond to the coastal bay area. There were two on the map. The first was north which actually said it was hiking. It's hot here so that wasn't the best idea in the first place but even then it didn't have proper pictures. The second was the southern lighthouse. From here you can see the southern bay area.
To get up here you have to drive to the neighborhood just to the north and a gate will lead out. You still want to be in the car going out as it's quite a bit to walk. Do NOT continue driving down. The map says it's the way to go but …
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