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Nur Mountains
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<p>The Nur Mountains , formerly known as Alma-Dağ, the ancient Mount Amanus (<a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_language/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>: Ἄμᾱνος), medieval Black Mountain, or Jabal al-Lukkam in Arabic, is a <a href="/facts/Mountain_range/L7vxtr7A">mountain range</a> in the <a href="/facts/Hatay_Province/2pwzAr46">Hatay Province</a> of south-central <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a>. It begins south of the <a href="/facts/Taurus_Mountains/xsYD0aff">Taurus Mountains</a> and the <a href="/facts/Ceyhan_river/3dmNXYsG">Ceyhan river</a>, runs roughly parallel to the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_%25C4%25B0skenderun/B48pgYLW">Gulf of İskenderun</a>, and ends on the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean</a> coast between the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_%25C4%25B0skenderun/B48pgYLW">Gulf of İskenderun</a> and the <a href="/facts/Orontes_River/SzVCeNs9">Orontes</a> (<a href="/facts/Orontes_River/SzVCeNs9">Asi</a>) river mouth. </p>