🌋 Mount Ararat

Turkey · Europe · 39.70°N, 44.30°E

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Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat, officially Mount Ağrı, also known as Masis, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano and a stratovolcano in easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian highlands with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The Ararat massif is about 35 km (22 mi) wide at ground base.

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CountryTurkey
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)39.70°N, 44.30°E · view on map

Mount Ararat is located in Turkey, in Europe.

More stratovolcanoes in Turkey

Mount Erciyes · Mount Hasan · Mount Süphan.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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