Ararat Volcano
Updated: 25 apr. 2024 19:50 GMT -
stratovolcano 5165 m
Turchia, 39.7°N / 44.3°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Turchia, 39.7°N / 44.3°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
The 5165-m-high, double-peaked stratovolcano Mount Ararat, also known as Agri Dagi, is Turkey's highest, largest volume, and easternmost volcano.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Ararat: 1840 AD
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Background
Glacier-clad Ararat, along with its twin volcano, 3925-m-high Kucuk Ararat (or Lesser Ararat), covers an area of 1000 sq km at the eastern end of a SSW-ESE line of volcanoes extending from Nemrut Dagi. Construction of the Greater and Lesser Ararat volcanoes was followed by a period of extensive flank eruptions, many erupted along N-S-trending fissures. The initial stage of flank eruptions produced a cluster of cinder cones and dacitic-rhyolitic lava domes surrounding Greater Ararat and a series of pyroclastic cones and domes on the western flank of Lesser Ararat. Late-stage activity formed large pyroclastic cones lower on the flanks of the two volcanoes. Ararat appears to have been active during the 3rd millennium BC; pyroclastic-flow deposits overlie early Bronze Age artifacts and human remains. Karakhanian et al. (2002) reported historical evidence for a phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow at the time of a July 1840 earthquake and landslide.Ararat Volcano Photos
Rovine di Zvartnots con il Monte Ararat sullo sfondo, Armenia (Photo: WNomad)
Monastero di Khor Virap con il Monte Ararat sullo sfondo, Armenia (Photo: WNomad)
Monte Ararat, Turchia orientale (Photo: WNomad)
Il possente vulcano Ararat oltre il confine turco domina il paesaggio dell'Armenia occidentale. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)