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Mount Ararat

Ararat

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5165m
Last eruption
1840
Mount Ararat
Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Türkiye
Region
Arabia & Central Asia / Central Anatolian Volcanic Province
Elevation
5165m
Coordinates
39.700, 44.300
Last eruption
1840
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Mount Ararat, also known as Agri Dagi, is Turkey's highest and largest volume volcano. The overall massif extends ~25 km NW-SE, and 18 km NE-SW, with another large volcano, Kucuk Ararat (or Lesser Ararat), ~11 km SE.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Ararat, officially Mount Ağrı, also known as Masis, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano and a stratovolcano in easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian highlands with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The Ararat massif is about 35 km (22 mi) wide at ground base.

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Eruption history

5 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
3
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
2450 BCE (±50 yrs) – 1840
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1840)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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2450 BCE~2255 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?695 BCE~500 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1450~1645 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1645~1840 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 32450 BCE1475 BCE305 BCE6701645

Detailed timeline

  1. 1840VEI 3Observed
    1840-07-02 – end unknown
    Upper northern flank
  2. 1783VEI ?Method not stated
    1783 – end unknown
  3. 1450VEI ?Method not stated
    1450 – end unknown
  4. 550 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    550 BCE – end unknown
    Summit (?) and north flank
  5. 2450 BCE (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    2450 BCE – end unknown
    NW flank

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