Karapınar Field
Karapınar Field | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,302 m (4,272 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°40′N 33°39′E / 37.67°N 33.65°E |
Geography | |
Location | Konya Province, Turkey |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Volcanic field / Cinder cones / Maars / Crater lake |
Last eruption | Unknown |
Karapınar Field is a volcanic field in central Anatolia, Asian Turkey.
Geography[]
The volcanic area is located near the city of Karapınar, in the Karapınar District of Konya Province.
Features[]
The basaltic Karapınar Volcanic Field consists of five cinder cones, two lava fields, and several explosion craters and maars.
Meke Dağı, at 300 metres (980 ft) in elevation, is one of the largest cinder cones in the Central Anatolia Region.
Meke Dağı is surrounded by Meke Gölü, a crater lake.
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karapinar Volcanic Field. |
References[]
Categories:
- Volcanoes of Turkey
- Volcanic fields
- Geology of Turkey
- Maars of Turkey
- Cinder cones
- Volcanic crater lakes
- Landforms of Konya Province
- Lava fields
- Important Bird Areas of Turkey
- Konya Province geography stubs