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Tendürek 
Tendürek seen from spaceElevation 3,584 m (11,759 ft) Location Location Ağrı and Van provinces, Turkey Coordinates 39°22′N 43°52′E / 39.37°N 43.87°E Geology Type Shield volcano Last eruption 1855 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. The last known eruption was a gas and ash eruption in 1855. The original, Armenian, name of the mountain was Tondrak; the area around Tondrak is known as the birthplace of the medieval Armenian Tondrakite Movement of the 950s, which based its ideology on the Paulician teaching.
See also
References
- Tendürek Dagi, Global Volcanism Program
Mountains of TurkeyTwo main ranges Mountains Acıgöl • Akdağ • Aktaş • Ağrı (Ararat) • Babadağ • Beşparmak (Latmus) • Davraz • Dilek (Mycale) • Erciyes • Erek • Göllü • Hasan • Honaz • Kaçkar • Kadifekale • Karacadağ • Karadag • Karagöl • Kaz (Ida) • Kula • Küçük Ağrı • Madur • Mahya • Nemrut • Nemrut (volcano) • Nif • Palandöken • Spil • Sultan • Süphan • Şaphane • Tendürek • Topçambaba • Uludağ • Yamanlar • ZurbahanCategories:- Mountains of Turkey
- Volcanoes of Turkey
- Shield volcanoes
- Eastern Anatolia Region geography stubs
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