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List of volcanoes in Turkey. 8 languages. Deutsch; ... This is a list of dormant and extinct volcanoes in Turkey. ... Volcanoes of the World: ...
Mount Ararat [a] (/ ˈ ær ə r æ t /, ARR-ə-rat; Armenian: Արարատ, romanized: Ararat [ɑɾɑˈɾɑt] ⓘ) or Mount Ağrı (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı; Kurdish: Çiyayê Agirî) [4] [5] is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat.
Nemrut (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı, Armenian: Սարակն Sarakn, "Mountain spring", Armenian pronunciation: [sɑˈɾɑkən], Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrudê) is a dormant volcano in Tatvan district, Bitlis province, Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van. The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC.
Mount Artos (Turkish: Çadır Dağı, lit. 'Tent Mountain', Armenian: Արտոս, Kurdish: Çiyayê Artosê) is a mountain (dormant volcano) in Van Province in eastern Turkey. [1] It has a height of 3,550 meters above sea level [2] Mount Artos and flamingos. It is around 38 kilometers from Van and around 10 kilometers from Lake Van.
Two long-dormant “supervolcanoes” on two separate continents appear to be stirring to life. Well, maybe. In recent months, more than a thousand minor earthquakes have rattled the area around ...
Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is an inactive volcano in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of andesitic and dacitic composition. At some time in the past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east.
The volcanic park is located in Manisa Province in western Turkey, covering an area of nearly 300 km 2 (120 sq mi) mainly in Kula district, and stretches in the north into parts of Salihli district. The elevation of the area rises from 200 m (660 ft) in Salihli to 600 m (2,000 ft) in Kula.
Lava began spewing from Iceland’s long-dormant Fagradalsfjall volcano on March 21.Footage by Reykjavik resident Andri Magnason, who headed out to see the rare eruption early Sunday morning ...