Mount Erciyes

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Mount Erciyes (Erciyes Dağı) is a massive stratovolcano located 25 km south of Kayseri, Turkey. Erciyes is the highest mountain in central Anatolia (3,916 metres). The volcano is heavily eroded, but may have erupted as recently as 253 BC, as may be depicted on Roman era coins. Strabo wrote that in his time the summit was never free from snow and that those few who ascended it could see both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Mount Erciyes is home to the Erciyes Ski Resort.

References

External links

• Erciyes ski resort
• Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Kayseri - Mount Erciyes

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