Mount Tendürek

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Tendürek

Tendürek seen from space
Elevation 3,584 metres (11,758 feet)
Location Ağrı and Van provinces, Turkey
Coordinates 39.37° N 43.87° E
Type Shield volcano
Last eruption 1855

Tendürek (Turkish: Tendürek Dağı) is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı and Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises 1800 m above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. The last known eruption was a gas and ash eruption in 1855.

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