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Tendürek (Turkish: Tendürek Dağı, Armenian: Թոնդրակ, Tondrak) is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı and Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises 1,800 m (5,906 ft) above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. Two main cones with a crater each and several minor lateral cones form the edifice. The edifice dates 700,000–500,000 years BP to 13,000 BP and is mostly constructed from basaltic lavas, with some pyroclastics and trachytic/trachyandesitic lavas. It has a volume of more than 300 km³ and covers a surface area of about 650 km². Pyroclastic cones with basaltic lava flows on the eastern side of the mountain are around 2,500 years old. The last known eruption may have been a gas and ash eruption in 1855, and hydrothermal systems exist on the volcano. Since 1993, the volcano has been subsiding in a ring fault. The Armenian name for the mountain was Tondrak. The medieval Armenian Tondrakians, a religious movement of the 950s, is named after this area.

Tendürek
Tendürek seen from space
Highest point
Elevation	3,514 m (11,529 ft)
Coordinates	39.37°N 43.87°E / 39.37; 43.87
Geography
Tendürek Ağrı and Van provinces, Turkey
Parent range	Armenian Highlands
Geology
Mountain type	Shield volcano
Last eruption	1855

Significance

The volcano is known for having the Durupınar site. Due to its size and ship-like shape, this big aggregate structure is considered by some to be Noah's Ark,[1][2] but this is disputed.[3][4]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Turkey
  • Mount Ararat
    • Ararat anomaly
• Flood geology
• Flood myth
• Mount Judi

References

• "Tendürek Dagi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
• An active ring fault detected at Tendürek volcano by using InSAR, Journal of Geophysical Research.
• Geology of the quaternary volcanic centres of the east Anatolia, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
• Annäherung an Armenien: Geschichte und Gegenwart, Tessa Hofmann, Tessa Savvidis.

На других языках

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[de] Tendürek Dağı

Der Tendürek Dağı (kurdisch Çiyayê Tendûrekê, armenisch Թոնդրակ) ist ein ruhender Schildvulkan in der türkischen Provinz Ağrı im Landkreis Diyadin nahe der iranischen Grenze. Eine Namensvariante lautet Tendürük. Er ist mit 3533 m[1] einer der höchsten Berge des Landes. Der Berggrat verläuft in ostwestlicher Richtung. Der Tendürek besitzt zwei Kegel und am Osthang einen Kratersee mit 500 m Durchmesser und ist der aktivste Vulkan der Türkei. Sein letzter Ausbruch von Gas und Asche erfolgte im Jahre 1855.[2] Die Ausbrüche und die Entstehung des Vulkans hinterließen breite Lavaströme, die heute 500 km² bedecken.[3] An der Ostflanke stößt der Berg Wasserdampf und Schwefeldämpfe aus, was die Umgebung des Kraters gelb verfärbt hat. Die Temperatur des Dampfes beträgt 60 °C. Am Fuß des Berges entspringt der Fluss Bendimahi.

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- [en] Mount Tendürek

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[es] Monte Tendürek

Tendürek ( en turco, Tendürek Dağı, en armenio, Թոնդրակ, Tondrak ) es un volcán en escudo ubicado en las provincias de Ağrı y Van del este de Turquía, cerca de las fronteras con Irán. El volcán se eleva 1800 m (5906 pies) sobre la llanura de Doğubeyazıt, al sur del monte Ararat.

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[it] Monte Tendürek

Il monte Tendürek (in turco Tendürek Dağı) è un vulcano a scudo in fase di quiescenza della Turchia. Raggiunge un'altitudine di 3.584 m s.l.m.

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[ru] Тендюрек

Тендюрек[1] (тур. Tendürek Dağı, арм. Թոնդրակ) — щитовой стратовулкан в 50 км юго-западнее Большого Арарата на границе ила Агры и Ван, Турция.

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