Ararat Volcano

Updated: 17 mai 2024 16:50 GMT - refresh

stratovolcano 5165 m
Turquie, 39.7°N / 44.3°E
Condition actuelle: normal / en sommeil (1 sur 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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Style éruptif tipique: explosive
Eruptions du volcan Ararat: 1840 AD

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Introduction

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

Monastère de Khor Virap avec en toile de fond le volcan Ararat. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Lever de soleil sur Erevan, vue depuis notre hôtel : les premiers rayons du soleil touchent le sommet du volcan Ararat derrière la frontière turque à l'ouest. (Photo: Tom...

Le lever du soleil est arrivé à Erevan et embrasse les façades orientales de ses bâtiments. Par temps clair, les pentes et les vallées du volcan Ararat sont bien visibles...