Mount Ararat (, Ararat, ) is the tallest peak in
Turkey. This snow-capped, dormant
volcanic cone is located in the
Iğdır Province, near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km (10 miles) west of the
Iranian and 32 km (20 miles) south of the
Armenian border.Ararat is a
stratovolcano, formed of lava flows and pyroclastic ejecta. A smaller 3,896 m (12,782 ft) cone,
Little Ararat (, , ), rises from the same base, southeast of the main peak sometimes called in , or in . The lava plateau stretches out between the two pinnacles. The last activity on the mountain was a major
earthquake in July 1840 centered around the Ahora Gorge, a northeast trending chasm that drops 1,825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.
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