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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Ghegham Volcanic Ridge
The snow-capped cones of the Ghegam Ridge volcanic field rise across Lake Sevan from a fishing village on its NE shore. This volcanic field in west-central Armenia covers a 35-km-wide area between the capital city of Yerevan and Lake Sevan. Morphologically youthful lava flows from the central and eastern portions of Ghegam Ridge flowed into Lake Sevan. Photo by Ivan Savov, 2002 (Smithsonian Institution).
Volcano Number:
214070
Volcano Name:
Ghegham Volcanic Ridge
Country:
Armenia
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
1900 BCE
Elevation:
3597m
Tectonic Setting:
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
1265153
Pop. within 10km:
1265153
Pop. within 30km:
1265153
Pop. within 100km:
3151168
Latitude:
40.283
Longitude:
45
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The Ghegham Volcanic Ridge, located in west-central Armenia between the capital city of Yerevan and Lake Sevan, contains as many as 127 volcanic centers, lava domes and pyroclastic cones, of Pleistocene-to-Holocene age. The volcanoes and associated lava flows cover a 65-km-long, 35-km-wide area west of Lake Sevan and south of the Hrazdan River and are concentrated along three NNW-SSE-trending alignments. Lava flows from the central and eastern clusters flowed into Lake Sevan. Initial explosive eruptions in the volcanic field were followed by the extrusion of rhyolitic obsidian lava domes and flows. The latest activity produced a series of andesitic and basaltic andesite cinder cones and lava flows. The central and eastern portions of the field contain large areas of Holocene eruptions with morphologically fresh lava flows devoid of vegetation.
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