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Vardenis, Gegharkunik Province, Armeniai
Regional Level Types
VardenisMunicipality
Gegharkunik ProvinceProvince
ArmeniaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Vardenis11,382 (2016)
Akunk’3,444 (2018)
Mets Masrik2,570 (2015)
Tsovak2,531 (2016)
Karchaghbyur2,274 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
280553
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:280553:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Armenian:
Վարդենիս, Գեղարքունիքի մարզ, Հայաստան
French:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Arménie
German:
Wardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenien
Italian:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia
Russian:
Варденис, Гехаркуникская область, Армения
Simplified Chinese:
瓦爾代尼斯, 格加爾庫尼克省, 亞美尼亞
Spanish:
Vardenis, Geghark'unik', Armenia
Arabic:
واردنيس, محافظة غغاركونيك, أرمينيا
Azeri:
Basarkeçər, Geğarkunik, Ermənistan
Belarusian:
Вардэніс, Гегаркунік, Арменія
Bulgarian:
Варденис, Гегаркуник, Армения
Catalan:
Vardenis, Província de Gegharkunik, Armènia
Cebuano:
Vardenis, Geghark'unik'i Marz, Armenya
Chechen:
Варденис, Аремалойн
Czech:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Arménie
Dutch:
Vardenis, Gegharkoenik, Armenië
Esperanto:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenio
Estonian:
Vardenis, Gegharkhunikhi maakond, Armeenia
Farsi/Persian:
واردنیس, استان گغارکونیک, ارمنستان
Finnish:
Vardenis, Geghark'unik', Armenia
Georgian:
ვარდენისი, გეღარქუნიქის პროვინცია, სომხეთი
Greek:
Βαρντενίς, Γκεγκαρκουνίκ, Αρμενία
Hebrew:
ורדניס, ארמניה
Hindi:
वर्देनिस, गेघार्कुनिक प्रांत, आर्मीनिया
Indonesian:
Vardenis, Provinsi Gegharkunik, Armenia
Japanese:
ヴァルデニス, ゲガルクニク地方, アルメニア
Lithuanian:
Vardenisas, Gegarkuniko sritis, Armėnija
Malay:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia
Malayalam:
വാർഡെനിസ്, അർമേനിയ
Mazanderani:
واردنیس, ارمنستون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik Séng, Armenia
Occitan:
Vardenis, Armenia
Polish:
Wardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia
Romanian:
Vardenis, Provincia Gegharkunik, Armenia
Scots:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik Province, Armenie
Serbian:
Варденис, Гехаркуник, Јерменија
South Azerbaijani:
واردنیس, ارمنیستان
Swedish:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenien
Turkish:
Vardenis, Geğarkunik, Ermenistan
Ukrainian:
Варденіс, Ґегаркунік, Вірменія
Upper Sorbian:
Wardenis, Armenska
Vietnamese:
Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia
Zazaki:
Vardenis, Ermenıstan


Vardenis (Armenian: Վարդենիս) (pronounced Vartenis) is a town and urban municipal community in the southeastern part of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is located in the valley of the Masrik River, on the territory of the Masrik artesian basin at 2,006 metres (6,581 feet) above sea level, near the southeastern shores of Lake Sevan. It is 170 kilometres (110 miles) by road east of the capital Yerevan, and 75 kilometres (47 miles) southeast of the provincial centre Gavar. The administrative territory of Vardenis comprises 3,006 hectares (7,430 acres), of which 736 hectares (1,820 acres) is occupied by the town itself. Vardenis obtained its status as an urban settlement in 1995.

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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed83.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed86.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Agathelia asperella
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Agathelia : Agathelia asperella86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aulosmilia cuneiformis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Meandrinidae : Aulosmilia : Aulosmilia cuneiformis86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardenis
Wikidata ID:Q39542


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