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Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is an inactive volcano in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of andesitic and dacitic composition. At some time in the past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east.
Kayseri was originally called Mazaka or Mazaca (Armenian: Մաժաք, romanized: Mažak'; according to Armenian tradition, it was founded by and named after Mishak) [3] and was known as such to the geographer Strabo, during whose time it was the capital of the Roman province of Cappadocia, known also as Eusebia at the Argaeus (Εὐσέβεια ἡ πρὸς τῷ Ἀργαίῳ in Greek ...
Name Elevation Location Last eruption meters feet Coordinates; Acıgöl-Nevşehir: 1689: 5541: Holocene: Akyarlar: 172: 564: Unknown Mount Ararat: 5137: 16,854: 1840 ...
Cappadocia lies in eastern Anatolia, in the heartland of what is now Turkey. The relief consists of a high plateau over 1000 m in altitude that is pierced by volcanic peaks, with Mount Erciyes (ancient Argaeus) near Kayseri (ancient Caesarea) being the tallest at 3916 m. The boundaries of historical Cappadocia are vague, particularly towards ...
Mount Erciyes south of Kayseri, Mount Hasan southeast of Aksaray, Mount Melendiz in Niğde, and some smaller volcanoes covered the region of Cappadocia with a layer of tuff stone over the course of a twenty million year period ending in prehistoric times, after which erosion created the well-known rock formations of the region. [1]
Iceland volcano could erupt like a ‘can of fizzy drink’ Monday 20 November 2023 22:00 , Matt Mathers A volcano close to erupting in Iceland could explode like a “can of fizzy drink,” an ...
Stratovolcanoes of Turkey, conical volcanoes built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. [1] Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and periodic intervals of explosive eruptions and effusive eruptions, although some have collapsed summit craters called calderas.
The volcanic park is located in Manisa Province in western Turkey, covering an area of nearly 300 km 2 (120 sq mi) mainly in Kula district, and stretches in the north into parts of Salihli district. The elevation of the area rises from 200 m (660 ft) in Salihli to 600 m (2,000 ft) in Kula.