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Mount Süphan
File:Suphan Dagi.jpg
Mount Süphan in 2005
Highest point
Elevation4,058 m (13,314 ft)[citation needed]
Prominence2,189 m (7,182 ft)[citation needed]
Isolation151.16 km (93.93 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingUltra
Coordinates38°55′N 42°49′E / 38.92°N 42.82°E / 38.92; 42.82[1]
Geography
Mount Süphan is located in Turkey
Mount Süphan
Mount Süphan
Location in Turkey
LocationBitlis Province, Turkey
Geology
Age of rockHolocene[1]
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption8050 BC[1]

Mount Süphan (Turkish: Süphan Dağı, Kurdish: Sîpana Xelatê, Armenian: Սիփան լեռ, Նեխ Մասիք, Ծիպան, Սուփխան), is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van. It is the second highest volcano in Turkey, after the mount Ararat.

Panoramic near the peak of Suphan

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Sipan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2007-01-20.