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Name | Mount Erciyes |
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Photo | Erciyes_From_Aktepe_Goreme.JPG |
Photo caption | West side of Mount Erciyes |
Elevation m | 3916 |
Elevation ref | |
Listing | Ultra |
Location | Kayseri Province, Turkey |
Map | Turkey relief |
Label position | right |
Lat d | 38 | lat_m = 31| lat_s =12| lat_NS = N |
Long d | 35 | long_m = 28 | long_s = 48 | long_EW = E |
Type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Erciyes (; derived from the ancient Greek name Ἀργαῖος Argaeos; Latinized as Argaeus by the ancient Romans) is a massive stratovolcano located 25 km to the south of Kayseri in Turkey.
Erciyes is the highest mountain in central Anatolia, with its summit reaching 3,916 metres. It is considered to be an extension of the Taurus Mountains to the south and is generally regarded as the highest peak of this mountain range which belongs to the Alpide belt in Eurasia.
The volcano is heavily eroded, but may have erupted as recently as 253 BC, as may be depicted on Roman era coins.
Strabo called the mountain Argaeus (Ἀργαῖος); he wrote that the summit was never free from snow and that those few who ascended it reported seeing both the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south in days with a clear sky.
Mount Erciyes is home to the Erciyes Ski Resort.
Category:Kayseri Province Category:Mountains of Turkey Category:Volcanoes of Turkey Category:Stratovolcanoes
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