Mount Süphan

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.

View of the city of Malazgirt and Mount Süphan from the north, 1901
Mount Süphan in October 2007
Mount Süphan and Lake Van
Süphan mountain at sunset in Edremit district
Süphan and flamingos
View of Mount Süphan from Patnos