Nemrut (volcano)

Nemrut
Satellite view (2001)
Highest point
Elevation	2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Coordinates	38°39′N 42°14′E / 38.65°N 42.23°E / 38.65; 42.23
Geography
Nemrut Turkey
Parent range	Armenian Highlands
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	October 1650

Nemrut (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı, Armenian: Սարակն Sarakn, "Mountain spring", Armenian pronunciation: [sɑˈɾɑkən], Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrudê) is a dormant volcano in Tatvan district, Bitlis province, Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van. The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC.

There is Lake Nemrut in the crater of the mountain. The most powerful eruptions of Nemrut occurred in the Pleistocene. Many small eruptions occurred during the Holocene, the last in 1650. The top of the volcano is a large caldera hosting three crater lakes.