- Turkey also has a mountain called Nemrut
| Nemrut Dağı | |
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 Satellite view from 2001 |
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| Elevation | 2,948 metres (9,672 feet) |
| Location | Turkey |
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| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1692 |
Nemrut (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı, Armenian: Սարակն, "Mountain spring", scientific transliteration: Sarakn, Kurdish Çiyayê Nemrud) is a dormant volcano in Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van, at . Turkey also has a volcano named Nemrut Nemrut or Nemrud Nemrut Dağ or Nemrut Dağı is a high mountain in southeastern In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Mountains can be characterized in several ways Some mountains are Volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history A stratovolcano, also called a composite volcano is a tall conical Volcano composed of many layers of hardened Lava, Tephra, and Volcanic Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian The Kurdish language (Kurdish Kurdî or کوردی is a term used for the language spoken by Kurds. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake
The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC. Nimrod ( was a Mesopotamian Monarch mentioned in the Jewish Tanakh, and who figures in many legends and folktales
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Description
Mt. Nemrut is near Tatvan, a small town in the eastern Anatolian province of Bitlis. Tatvan is a city at the western end of Lake Van, and is the regional center of the identically-named district within Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Bitlis is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. The mountain rises from the southwestern shore of Lake Van, and enters the district of Ahlat to the north. Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake Ahlat is a historic town and a district in Turkey 's Bitlis Province in Eastern Anatolia Region.
It is 3050 metres high and its elliptic caldera has a diameter of about 7x8 km. A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption The western part of the caldera contains a large coldwater crater lake about 155 metres deep. Crater Lake is a Caldera Lake located in the US state of Oregon. There is also a small warm lake whose temperature reaches 60°C, providing evidence of continuing volcanic activity.
Geological history and eruptions
Mt. Nemrut is the most southern and youngest of the chain of volcanoes in eastern Anatolia. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black It is a stratovolcano, and began erupting during the fourth geological era and continued to be active until 1597 A. A stratovolcano, also called a composite volcano is a tall conical Volcano composed of many layers of hardened Lava, Tephra, and Volcanic D. [1] As a result of the volcanic eruptions of Mt. Nemrut, the single Van - Mus river basin was divided into two separate basins. Van is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border Muş is a province in eastern Turkey. It is 8196 km² in area and has a population of 488997 (2006 est The eruption of Nemrut volcano also led the formation of Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey.
Visiting and climbing Mt. Nemrut
The city of Tatvan lies to the southeast of Mt. Tatvan is a city at the western end of Lake Van, and is the regional center of the identically-named district within Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. Nemrut and is a good starting point from which to climb the volcano. One can reach the south-eastern edge of the crater after four to five hours' easy hike from Tetvan. This vantage point gives good views over the crater and lake, and also views over Lake Van. The mountain has oak and birch trees on the southern slopes, but is otherwise bare. The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of Trees and Shrubs in the Genus Quercus (from Latin Birch is the name of any Tree of the genus Betula ( Bé-tu-la) in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the
June to September is the best time to climb the mountain. As an alternative to walking, it is possible to reach the summit by four-wheel drive vehicle from Ahlat or Tatvan. Ahlat is a historic town and a district in Turkey 's Bitlis Province in Eastern Anatolia Region. [2]
Footnotes
- ^ E. Aydar et al. / Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 306 123 (2003) 301-312
- ^ Ataman Hotel - Mountaineering in Turkey. Ataman Hotel, Cappadocia, Turkey. Retrieved on 2006-05-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
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