Does Mount Damavand show any signs volcanic activity? Does it still have a crater?

Matt

Dear Matt,

Mount Damavand, a stratovolcano in northern Iran, has not erupted in historical time (500 AD). It is Holocene in age which means it probably has been active in the last 10,000 years. A 1,300 foot (400 m) crater is at the summit of Mount Damavand. It usually contains a lake.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Sources of Information:
Gansser, A., 1966, Part XVII, Iran: Catalogue of the active volcanoes of the world including solfatara fields, International Association of Volcanology, Rome, Italy, 19 p.

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

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