Mount Süphan (Turkish: Süphan Dağı; Kurdish: Sîpanê Xelatê; Armenian: Սիփան, romanized: Sipan) is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van.
[6] The eastern summit is much larger in area and consists of "a wide snow-covered platform of cairn-like bare rock peaks".
[6] From here, the whole northern shore of Lake Van is visible, along with Mount Ararat, the Murat river plain, and even the Palandöken mountain south of Erzurum.
[6] The remains of the small Urartian fort of Kefirkalesi are located on the southwest slope at a height of 2400 m.[6] This was probably never intended to have a permanent garrison and was mostly to keep local nomadic groups in check.
[6] About 1.5 km west of the village of Harmantepe (formerly Norsunçuk), there is also an ancient cemetery with urns that may have once contained cremated remains.