Mount Erciyes

Mount Erciyes
View of Mount Erciyes from Cappadocia
Highest point
Elevation3,917 m (12,851 ft)
Prominence2,419 m (7,936 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates38°31′52″N 35°26′49″E / 38.531°N 35.447°E / 38.531; 35.447[2]
Geography
Mount Erciyes is located in Turkey
Mount Erciyes
Mount Erciyes
Turkey
LocationKayseri Province, Turkey
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption6880 BCE ± 40 years[2]

Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is an inactive volcano in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of andesitic and dacitic composition. At some time in the past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east.

The volcano began to form in the Miocene. At first, a volcano farther east named Koç Dağ formed from lava flows. Then, again to the east, large explosive eruptions formed a caldera. During the Pleistocene, Mount Erciyes proper grew inside the caldera together with a group of lava domes. Lateral eruptions of Erciyes may have generated ash layers in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean during the early Holocene.

The last eruptions occurred during the early Holocene and may have deposited ash as far away as Palestine; the occurrence of historical volcanism is uncertain. Future eruptions of Erciyes may endanger the nearby cities to the north. The volcano was glaciated during the Pleistocene. One regular glacier still exists, but is receding.

  1. ^ "Turkey Mountain Ultra-Prominence - peaklist.org". Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference GVP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).