In 1959, Turkish Air Force Captain İlhan Durupınar discovered a conspicuous geological formation resembling the hull of a ship near the city of Doğubeyazıt in eastern Turkey in an aerial photograph. It is located 27 kilometers south of Mount Ararat on a mountain flank of the volcano Tendürek Dağı at 2004 m above sea level. M., is around 160 meters long and is now called Durupınar after its discoverer.