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List Of Volcanoes In Armenia ...
This is a list of volcanoes in Armenia. Gallery File:Arakatz002.jpg, Mount Aragats File:Mount ara.jpg, Arailer File:PorakVolcano.jpg, Porak File:Arteni Volcano2.jpg, Arteni File:Geghama Mountains.jpg, Ghegam Ridge References {{reflist Armenia Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, such as in the East African Rift and the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Rio Grande rift in North America. Volcanism away from plate boundaries has been postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary, deep in the Earth. This results in hotspot volcanism, of which the Hawaiian hotspot is an example. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Coordinates
The geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or ellipsoidal coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude and longitude. It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others. Although latitude and longitude form a coordinate tuple like a cartesian coordinate system, the geographic coordinate system is not cartesian because the measurements are angles and are not on a planar surface. A full GCS specification, such as those listed in the EPSG and ISO 19111 standards, also includes a choice of geodetic datum (including an Earth ellipsoid), as different datums will yield different latitude and longitude values for the same location. History The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who composed his now-lost ''Geography'' at the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Aragats
Mount Aragats ( hy, Արագած, ) is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia. It is also one of the highest points in the Armenian Highlands. The Aragats massif is surrounded by Kasagh River on the east, Akhurian River on the west, Ararat plain on the south and Shirak plain on the north. The circumference of the massif is around , and covers an area of or around of Armenia's total area. of the massif is located above . Etymology and names According to Armenian tradition, Aragats originates from the words Արա ''Ara'' + գահ ''gah'', which translates to "Ara's throne". Ara refers to the legendary hero Ara the Beautiful. Aragats was mentioned by the early medieval historian Movses Khorenatsi, who in his ''History of Armenia'' claims that the mountain is named after Aramaneak, the son of Hayk, the legendary patriarch of the Armenian people. Aramaneak called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dar-Alages
Dar-Alages ( hy, Դարալագյազ) is a group of six cinder lava cones south of Lake Sevan in Armenia. Fissure eruptions from Vaiyots-Sar dammed the Arpa river at Vayk Vayk ( hy, Վայք) is a town and the center of the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in southern Armenia. As per the 2016 official estimate, Vayk had a population of around 4,700. However, as of the 2011 census, the population of t ... and continued down the valley for 6 km. These lava flows are considered Holocene in age given the lack of a soil cover and their placement above a Pleistocene river terrace. Smbatassar cinder cones likewise generated two lava flows of 11 and 17 km length that overlie Pleistocene Yeheghis river terraces, thus also dating to the Holocene. Legends of the destruction of the towns Yegheghis and Moz in 735 AD may be linked to activity in these volcanoes. References Volcanoes of Armenia Mountains of Armenia Pyroclastic cones {{Armenia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geghama Mountains
Gegham mountains (or Gegham Ridge, ISO 9985: Geġam), hy, Գեղամա լեռնաշղթա (''Geghama lernasheghta'') are a range of mountains in Armenia. The range is a tableland-type watershed basin of Sevan Lake from east, inflows of rivers Araks and Hrazdan from north and west, Azat and Vedi rivers from south-west and Arpachai river from south. The average elevation of the Gegham mountain range is near 2500m. The range is of volcanic origin including many extinct volcanoes. The range is 70 km length and 48 km width, and stretch between Lake Sevan and the Ararat plain. The highest peak of the Gegham mountains is the Azhdahak, at 3597m. They are formed by a volcanic field, containing Pleistocene-to- Holocene lava domes and cinder cones. The highland reaches a height of 1800–2000m up to 3000m in the dividing ridge. Geological history Volcanism in Armenia and in the Gegham mountains is related to mantle processes accompanying, but not necessarily related to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mets Ishkhanasar
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Tskhouk-Karckar
Tskhouk-Karckar or Qarqar is a group of pyroclastic cones which is located in the central part of the Siunik volcanic ridge at the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan SE of Lake Sevan. The volcanoes lie on the northwest side of Tskhouk volcano and are constructed on a volcanic basement or rhyolites, basaltic andesites and dacite Dacite () is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite. ...s. The volcanoes erupted voluminous and long lava flows, grouped in three age-based stages of varying age and conservation. Petroglyphs have been found buried under the most recent stages and broken by earthquake activity, suggesting activity between the 4th–early 3rd millennium BC and 4720 ± 140 years BP, a date established by C14 analysis on graves inside the lava flows. There is evidence indicating that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porak
Porak or Axarbaxar ("gutted belly" in Azerbaijani) is a stratovolcano located in the Vardenis volcanic ridge. It lies about southeast of Lake Sevan and the volcanic field spans the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan with lava flows running into both countries. Ten satellite cones and fissure vents lie on the flanks of the volcano. The Porak volcano itself and the third stage has been dated 15 ± 15 ka by K-Ar dating. Two long lava flows, one of which 21 km long, stretch from the field north and northeastwards. There are thermal springs in the area, and the Middle Pleistocene Khonarassar fault area lies to the north of the Porak centre. The Karkar volcanoes are situated in the same region. The complex is built on partly sedimentary rock and partly volcanogenic Late Cretaceous and Eocene series with Paleogene intrusions. Description There are four stages of trachyandesitic lava flows, the oldest composing the Porak volcano itself and the younger three derived from cone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arailer
Mount Ara ( hy, Արա լեռ, ''Ara leř'') is a polygenetic stratovolcanic cone in Armenia's Kotayk Province. The town of Zoravan and a nearby church, Gharghavank, are located along the mountain's lower slopes. The town of Yeghvard is below the mountain. Located north of Yerevan, the mountain has a destroyed crater and a base diameter of 9km at an altitude of 1,900m. The volcano is constructed from lava and agglomerate layers with intrusions of andesite and dacite. The slopes on the north and east are forested. One flank cone south of Arailer has erupted andesite. Andesite also appears in the former crater and lava flows spread to the Hrazdan River. One K-Ar date indicates an age of 1.3 Ma, there are two subsidiary cones Nokhut and Shakhvard. The mountain has a high biodiversity with '' Sympecma paedisca'', ''Colias aurorina'', '' Parnassius mnemosyne rjabovi'', '' Armenohelops armeniacus'', '' Cylindronotus erivanus'', '' Conizonia kalashiani'', ''Parnassius apollo kashtshenk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arteni
Arteni ( hy, Արտենի;) is a town in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia. The town contains a wine factory. See also *Aragatsotn Province Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported ... References *World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com * *Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 20, available online at thUS embassy to Armenia's website Populated places in Aragatsotn Province {{Aragatsotn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Volcanoes
These lists cover volcanoes by type and by location. Type * List of extraterrestrial volcanoes * List of largest volcanic eruptions * List of shield volcanoes * List of stratovolcanoes * List of subglacial volcanoes * List of submarine volcanoes * List of volcanoes by elevation Location Africa * List of volcanoes in Algeria * List of volcanoes in Cameroon * List of volcanoes in Cape Verde *List of volcanoes in Chad * List of volcanoes in the Comoros *List of volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of volcanoes in Djibouti *List of volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea * List of volcanoes in Eritrea *List of volcanoes in Ethiopia *List of volcanoes in Kenya * List of volcanoes in Libya *List of volcanoes in Madagascar *In Nigeria all the volcanoes are in the Biu Plateau *List of volcanoes in Réunion *List of volcanoes in Rwanda *São Tomé and Príncipe has only one volcano, Pico de São Tomé * List of volcanoes in South Africa *List of volcanoes in Sudan *List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
