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Mount Süphan
Suphan from aygirgolu.jpg
Mount Süphan from Aygırgölü, in August 2009
Highest point
Elevation 4,058 metres (13,314 ft)
Prominence 2,189 metres (7,182 ft)
Listing Ultra
Geography
Location Bitlis Province, Turkey
Geology
Age of rock Holocene
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 8050 BC

Mount Süphan (Armenian: Սիփան; Sipan,Turkish: Süphan Dağı, Kurdish: Sîpana Xelatê, and "Sipan" also "Ciyaye Sipan", which means "White/s, Aryan/s" in Kurdish), is a stratovolcano in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van. It is the second highest volcano in Turkey.

Suphan peak
Panorama near the peak of Mount Süphan
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