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Karaca Dag Volcano | John Seach
(Karacalidag)
Turkey
37.67 N, 39.83 E
summit elevation 1957 m
Shield volcano
Karaca Dag Volcano is located in easternl Turkey, 90 km from the border with Syria. The volcano contains fissures, craters and lava flows. The last eruptions may have occurred withing the past few thousand years.
Karaca Dag is a basaltic shield volcano. The volcano is fed by N- S trending fissures parallel to nearby Akcakale Graben. Satellite images show lava flows on the eastern flank may be a few thousand years old.
Further reading
Bilim, Funda, et al. "Effects of the Karacadag Volcanic Complex on the thermal structure and geothermal potential of southeast Anatolia." Bulletin of Volcanology 80.6 (2018): 1-16.
Lustrino, Michele, et al. "Early activity of the largest Cenozoic shield volcano in the circum-Mediterranean area: Mt. Karacadag, SE Turkey." European Journal of Mineralogy 22.3 (2010): 343-362.
Karaca Dag Volcano Eruptions
1.45 Ma, 1.04 Ma, 0.94±0.33 Ma, 0.83±0.88