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Mount Ararat
Stratovolcano · 5,165 m · Turkey
Mount Ararat sits on the Eurasian Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 5 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1840. Its major eruptions caused at least 1,900 deaths.
- Elevation
- 5,165 m
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkey
- Last Eruption
- 1840
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 5
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 3
- Known Fatalities
- 1,900
Nearby Cities
Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.
- 35 kmArtashat21,000 people
- 57 kmYerevan1,102,000 people
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Deadly Eruption (NOAA) Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata