GVP volcano 213040 · no holder yet
Ararat
Ararat is a 5,165 m stratovolcano in Türkiye, last erupted in 1840.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,165 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1840
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1840
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 39.70°N 44.30°E · Türkiye
- Region
- Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 213040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).