Volcano profile

Turkey

Ararat.

Volcano profile for Ararat in Turkey, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,165 m
Last documented eruption
1840
Coordinates
39.7°, 44.3°
GVP number
213040

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Turkey

Ararat

Stratovolcano

Elevation
5,165 m
Last documented eruption
1840
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
39.7°, 44.3°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central Anatolian Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
213040
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ararat · Turkey

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Jul 1840Not available?3Confirmed eruption
1783Not available—Uncertain eruption
1450Not available—Uncertain eruption
550 BCENot available—Confirmed eruption
2450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Ararat · No current eruption report · 5,165 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Iğdır AirportTurkey · IGD · LTCT
    47.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Zvartnots International AirportArmenia · EVN · UDYZ
    50.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nuclear power plants

  • Armenian nuclear power plantArmeniaOperating at dataset date · Permanently shut downReactor units at site: 2
    55.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: Global Energy Monitor · Global Nuclear Power Tracker · Dataset date: 2026-08

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

DoğubeyazıtTurkey · 25.1 km

IğdırTurkey · 33.1 km

Bağlar MahallesiTurkey · 33.7 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC