page_title: Taurus Mountains
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Taurus Mountains / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karte Kleinasiens in der Antike, von William Robert Shepherd, 1923 العربية: خريطة آسيا الصغرى في العصور القديمة، بقلم ويليام روبرت شيبرد، 1923
context_page_description: The Taurus Mountains, are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east. It is a part of the Alpide belt in Eurasia.
  The Taurus mountains are divided into three chains from west to east as follows;
  Western Taurus
  Akdağlar, the Bey Mountains, Katrancık Mountain, Geyik Mountain
  Central Taurus
  Akçalı Mountains, Bolkar Mountains, Anti-Taurus Mountains, Tahtalı Mountains, Aladaglar Mountain
  Southeastern Taurus
  Nurhak Mountains, Malatya Mountains, Maden Mountains, Genç Mountains, Bitlis Mountains
caption: Amanus Mts. near the Gulf of Issus and Antioch
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