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    Nemrut Dagi

    Stratovolcano · 2,948 m · Turkey

    Nemrut Dagi
    Photo: NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

    Nemrut Dagi sits on the Eurasian Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 27 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1650.

    Elevation
    2,948 m
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Rhyolite
    Plate
    Eurasian Plate
    Country
    Turkey
    Last Eruption
    1650
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    27

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    9,950 BCE7,769 BCE7,579 BCE7,087 BCE6,471 BCE6,213 BCE5,745 BCE5,320 BCE5,242 BCE5,152 BCE5,085 BCE4,938 BCE4,849 BCE4,615 BCE4,321 BCE4,055 BCE1,662 BCE1,396 BCE787 BCE657 BCE531 BCE111114021441159716501692 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 9,950 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption 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