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Kars volcano

stratovolcano ca. 3000 m
Turkey, 40.5°N / 43.15°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
Kars volcano books
Typical eruption style: explosive
Kars volcano eruptions: none in historic times (or unknown)No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
The Kars Plateau is a broad calc-alkaline to alkaline volcanic field of largely Pliocene to mid-Pleistocene age in the NE corner of Turkey (Innocenti et al., 1982; Yilmaz, 1990).

Background:

Hantke (1962) reported that historical eruptions have occurred, but Keller (1980, pers. comm.) considered the reports to be uncertain. Feraud (1992, pers. comm.) considered the youngest activity to be Holocene in age.

Kars Photos:

Lava field next to the road Kars-Igdir at the turkish-armenian border, eastern turkey (Photo: WNomad)
Lava field next to the road Kars-Igdir at the turkish-armenian border, eastern turkey (Photo: WNomad)



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