Nemrut

mountain in Bitlis Province, Turkey

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

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native label: Nemrut Dağı
Commons category: Nemrut Volcano
topographic prominence: 1250

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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.