Volcans en Arménie (9)

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Aragats is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in NW Armenia about 40 km NW of the capital city of Yerevan. [plus d'info]

The Ghegam Ridge, located in west-central Armenia between the capital city of Yerevan and Lake Sevan, contains a broad concentration of lava domes and pyroclastic cones of Pleistocene-to-Holocene age. [plus d'info]

Porak volcano is a stratovolcano on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the Vardeniss volcanic ridge about 20 km SE of Lake Sevan.
The last eruption produced a lava flow around 773-783 AD. Petroglyphs dated to the 5th century BC likely show earlier eruptions of Po... [plus d'info]

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Tskhouk-Karckar volcano is a group of 8 Holocene cinder cones in the central Siunik volcanic ridge along the Armenia/Azerbaijan border about 60 km SE of Lake Sevan.
The last activity took place about 5000 years ago, and built a cone which erupted lava flows. These flows ove... [plus d'info]

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Vaiyots-Sar is a young cinder cone in a group of six cinder and lava cones of Pleistocene-to-Holocene age located in the western Vardenis Volcanic Highland south of Lake Sevan in southern Armenia. It likely formed in postglacial times.
Vaiyots-Sar volcano is also known unde... [plus d'info]