Girekol

Girekol or Girekol Tepe is a 2,145-metre-high (7,037 ft) volcano in Van Province, Turkey. It is an alkaline shield volcano and the most recent activity has been dated to 0.36 +/- 0.06 Ma.[1]

Girekol
Map of region
Highest point
Elevation2,145 m (7,037 ft)
Coordinates39.103771°N 43.426148°E / 39.103771; 43.426148
Geography
Girekol is located in Turkey
Girekol
Girekol
Parent rangeArmenian Highlands
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano

Along with the neighboring volcanoes of Mount Meydan and Etrüsk Dağı (Kavşabulak Tepesi), Girekol is part of a volcanic province associated with a regional geological structure called the "Lake Van dome".[2] It lies approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of the town of Erciş.

The volcano has produced plagiophyric, trachybasaltic lavas that are among the youngest eruption activities on the northern coast of Lake Van. In part, these overlie older volcanic products.[3]

References
  1. "Girekol". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. Keskin, Mehmet; Lebedev, Vladimir; Sharkov, Evgenii; Oyan, Vural; Ünal, Esin (May 2010). "A new look at the collision-related volcanism in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey: Volcanic history of the Northern-Van neovolcanic province". Geophysical Research Abstracts. 12. Bibcode:2010EGUGA..1212629K.
  3. Lebedev, V. A.; Sharkov, E. V.; Keskin, M.; Oyan, V. (2010). "Geochronology of Late Cenozoic volcanism in the area of Van Lake, Turkey: An example of development dynamics for magmatic processes". Doklady Earth Sciences. 433 (2): 1031–1037. doi:10.1134/S1028334X1008009X. ISSN 1028-334X.
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