GVP volcano 214090 · no holder yet
Porak
Porak is a 3,029 m volcanic field on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, last erupted around 778 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 3,029 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 778 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 40.03°N 45.74°E · Armenia-Azerbaijan
- Region
- Caucasus Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 214090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).