Ararat, Turkey

Stratovolcano · 5,165 m (16,946 ft)

Ararat is a stratovolcano in Turkey, 5,165 m (16,946 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 1,900 people where the toll is counted.

Ararat on the map

Ararat and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 5,165 m (16,946 ft)
Country: Turkey
Summit: 39.700° N, 44.300° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 213040

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

July 2, 1840VEI 3 · 1,900 deaths

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.