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Mount Süphan
Mount Süphan in October 2007
Highest point
Elevation4,058 m (13,314 ft)[1]
Prominence2,189 m (7,182 ft)[1][2]
Isolation151.16 km (93.93 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingUltra
Geography
Mount Süphan is located in Turkey
Mount Süphan
Mount Süphan
Location in Turkey
LocationBitlis Province, Turkey
Parent rangeArmenian Highland
Geology
Rock ageHolocene[3]
Mountain typeStratovolcano [4]
Last eruption8050 BCE (?)[3]

Mount Süphan (Template:Lang-tr, Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-hy), is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van. It is the second highest volcano in Turkey, with an elevation of 4,058 metres (13,314 feet), and has the second highest prominence of the Armenian Highland, after Mount Ararat.

Panorama near the peak of Mount Süphan
Mount Süphan from Aygırgölü, in August 2009

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Suphan Dagi, Turkey". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Turkey Mountain Ultra-Prominence". Peaklist.org. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Suphan Dagi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  4. ^ "Mount Sipan Stratovolcano North of Lake Van, Turkey". Earth Snapshot. Retrieved January 25, 2014.