Nemrut
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nemrut is referenced by 86 other articles, and connects out to Armenian Highlands, Nimrod and fumarole.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain.
It sits within the topics Calderas of Turkey, Important Bird Areas of Turkey and Landforms of Bitlis Province.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,948 m (9,672 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38°37′10″N 42°14′28″E / 38.61944°N 42.24111°E / 38.61944; 42.24111
- Parent range
- Armenian Highlands
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Last eruption
- October 1650
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 3050
- Image
- Nemrut Vulcano.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- native label
- Nemrut Dağı
- Commons category
- Nemrut Volcano
- topographic prominence
- 1250
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Encyclopedic overview
Nemrut (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı, Armenian: Սարակն Sarakn, "Mountain spring", Armenian pronunciation: [sɑˈɾɑkən], Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrudê) is a dormant volcano in Tatvan district, Bitlis province, Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van. The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC.
There is Lake Nemrut in the crater of the mountain. The most powerful eruptions of Nemrut occurred in the Pleistocene. Many small eruptions occurred during the Holocene, the last in 1650. The top of the volcano is a large caldera hosting three crater lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nemrut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.