Volcano profile

Armenia

Aragats.

Volcano profile for Aragats in Armenia, 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
4,095 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
40.53°, 44.2°
GVP number
214060

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No current eruption report

Armenia

Aragats

Stratovolcano

Elevation
4,095 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
40.53°, 44.2°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Caucasus Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
214060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Aragats · Armenia

Documented eruptions

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

No eruption history is available for this volcano in the included dataset.

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.

Nearby earthquakes ↗

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Aragats · No current eruption report · 4,095 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Shirak International AirportArmenia · LWN · UDSG
    37.8 kmStraight-line distance
  • Zvartnots International AirportArmenia · EVN · UDYZ
    45.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • Iğdır AirportTurkey · IGD · LTCT
    67.4 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
    39.0 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

ArtikArmenia · 21.7 km

AshtarakArmenia · 29.2 km

VanadzorArmenia · 39.7 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, 2:53 PM UTC