Hasan Dağı

Hasan Dağı
	Hasan Dağı from afar
height	3268 m
location	Province Aksaray , Turkey
Mountains	Central Anatolia
Coordinates	38 ° 7 '35 " N , 34 ° 9' 55" E Coordinates: 38 ° 7 '35 " N , 34 ° 9' 55" E
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	7550 BC Chr.

The Mount Hasan (ancient name Argaios or Argeiopolis Mons) is an inactive volcano on the border of the provinces of Aksaray and Niğde (Region Cappadocia ) in Turkey .

With a height of 3,268 meters, it is the second highest mountain in Central Anatolia . The mountain can be climbed from different sides on walks of up to six hours. From the top there is a comprehensive panoramic view of the Taurus Mountains , over the Anatolian highlands with the Tuz Gölü and over Cappadocia . Surrounding villages have the finest water sources. Starting points for an ascent of the mountain are Helvadere and Karkın .

Like the Erciyes Dağı for Central Cappadocia, the Hasan Dağı with its eruptions is the cause of the tufa landscapes of western Cappadocia, especially around Aksaray and the Ihlara Valley . A wall painting, more than 8,600 years old, showing the houses of the prehistoric settlement Çatalhöyük and the erupting volcano in the background, is considered to be one of the earliest depictions of volcanic activity. It is associated with an eruption of Hasan Dagi around 6960 ± 690 BCE, which chronologically fits the settlement well.

Web links

Commons : Hasan Dağı - collection of images, videos and audio files

Hasan Dağı in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)

Individual evidence

^ Richard JA Talbert: Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press, 2000 p. 977 ISBN 9780691049458 on GoogleBooks
↑ Stephanie Meece, A Bird's Eye View - of a Leopard's Spots: The Çatalhöyük 'Map' and the Development of Cartographic Representation in Prehistory. Anatolian Studies 6, 2006, 1-16
↑ Axel K. Schmitt, Martin Danišík, Erkan Aydar, Erdal Şen, İnan Ulusoy: Identifying the Volcanic Eruption Depicted in a Neolithic Painting at Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia, Turkey . In: PLOS ONE . tape 9 , no. 1 , January 8, 2014, ISSN 1932-6203 , p. e84711 , doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0084711 ( plos.org [accessed August 10, 2017]).

[1] Richard JA Talbert: Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press, 2000 p. 977 ISBN 9780691049458 on GoogleBooks

[2] Stephanie Meece, A Bird's Eye View - of a Leopard's Spots: The Çatalhöyük 'Map' and the Development of Cartographic Representation in Prehistory. Anatolian Studies 6, 2006, 1-16

[3] Axel K. Schmitt, Martin Danišík, Erkan Aydar, Erdal Şen, İnan Ulusoy: Identifying the Volcanic Eruption Depicted in a Neolithic Painting at Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia, Turkey . In: PLOS ONE . tape 9 , no. 1 , January 8, 2014, ISSN 1932-6203 , p. e84711 , doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0084711 ( plos.org [accessed August 10, 2017]).