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GVP volcano 214100 · no holder yet

Tskhouk-Karckar

Tskhouk-Karckar is a 3,139 m pyroclastic cone on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, last erupted around 3000 BCE.

Type
Pyroclastic cone(s) (cluster landform)
Summit
3,139 m above sea level
Rock
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Setting
Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
3000 BCE
Largest known
no eruption with a measured size
Eruptions
1 confirmed in the record
Where
39.74°N 45.99°E · Armenia-Azerbaijan
Region
Caucasus Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 214100

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