Porak

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Porak
Elevation 2,800 metres (9,186 feet)
Location ArmeniaAzerbaijan
Range Vardeniss
Coordinates 40°1′0″N, 45°47′0″E
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 778 BC ± 5 years

Porak is a stratovolcano located in the Vardenis volcanic ridge about 20 km SE of Lake Sevan at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

[edit] Sources

  • Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/
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