Gutanasar or Gut'anasar ( hy, Գութանասար) is a mountain in the

Kotayk Province Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province ...

near Fantan in

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 ''O ...

. It is a 7,543 ft (2,299 m) high. A small Surb Astvatsatsin Church is located below it. It is a

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 ...

which last erupted 200,000 BP, judging from Ar39/Ar40 dating of lava flows, and one of the common sources of

obsidian Obsidian () is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. It is an igneous rock. Obsidian is produced from felsic lava, rich in the lighter elements such as silicon ...

in archeological sites of Armenia. Neighbouring communities include Fontan and Alapars. The volcano is part of the

Geghama mountains Gegham mountains (or Gegham Ridge, ISO 9985: Geġam), hy, Գեղամա լեռնաշղթա (''Geghama lernasheghta'') are a mountain range , range of mountains in Armenia. The range is a tableland-type watershed basin of Sevan Lake from east, inf ...

volcanic area. and appear to share a common feeding conduit.

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