Aragats Volcano
Updated: 7 maggio 2024 16:30 GMT -
stratovolcano 4095 m
Armenia, 40.52°N / 44.2°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Armenia, 40.52°N / 44.2°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Aragats is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in NW Armenia about 40 km NW of the capital city of Yerevan.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Aragats: 3000 BC
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Background
The 4095-m-high main edifice of Aragats is dissected by glaciers and is of Pliocene-to-Pleistocene age. Satellitic cones and fissures are located on all sides of the volcano and were the source of large lava flows that descended its lower flanks. Several of these were considered to be of Holocene age, but later Potassium-Argon dating indicated mid- to late-Pleistocene ages. The youngest lower-flank flows have not been precisely dated, but are constrained as occurring between the end of the late-Pleistocene and 3000 BC (Kharakanian et al., 2003). A 13-km-long, WSW-ENE-trending line of craters and pyroclastic cones cuts across the northern crater rim and is the source of young lava flows and lahars; the latter were considered to be characteristic of Holocene summit eruptions.Aragats Volcano Photos
Piazza principale di Gjumri all'alba, sullo sfondo il picco dello stratovulcano Aragats, Armenia (Photo: WNomad)
La fortezza di Amberd, risalente al X secolo, si trova a 2.300 metri sul livello del mare sulle pendici del vulcano Monte Aragats a NW della capitale Yerevan. (Photo: Tom...
Paesaggio di Aragats (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Aragats Volcano Tours
Armenia
Land of History
12-day walking & study tour to Armenia
12 days / 11 nights - Easy to Moderate
Price 2500 €
Price 2500 €
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