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Mountain in Armenia
Gutanasar
Lava on Gutanasar
Lava on Gutanasar
Church below mountain

Gutanasar or Gut'anasar (Armenian: Գութանասար) is a mountain in the Kotayk Province near Fantan in Armenia. It is a 7,543 ft (2,299 m) high. A small Surb Astvatsatsin Church is located below it. It is a volcano which last erupted 200,000 BP, judging from Ar39/Ar40 dating of lava flows, and one of the common sources of obsidian in archeological sites of Armenia. Neighbouring communities include Fontan and Alapars. The volcano is part of the Geghama mountains volcanic area. and appear to share a common feeding conduit.

References

  1. Gutanasar Peakery
  2. Wilkinson, Keith; Adler, Daniel; Nahapetyan, Samvel; Smith, Victoria; Mark, Darren; Mallol, Carolina; Blockley, Simon; Gasparian, Boris (1 May 2014). "Middle Pleistocene palaeoenvironments and the late Lower-Middle Palaeolithic of the Hrazdan valley, central Armenia". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16: 1281. Bibcode:2014EGUGA..16.1281W.
  3. Lena Asryan; Andreu Ollé; Norah Moloney; Tania King (2014). "Lithic assemblages of Azokh Cave (Nagorno Karabagh, Lesser Caucasus): Raw materials, technology and regional context". Journal of Lithic Studies. 1 (1).
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  5. Frahm, Ellery; Feinberg, Joshua M.; Schmidt-Magee, Beverly A.; Wilkinson, Keith; Gasparyan, Boris; Yeritsyan, Benik; Karapetian, Sergei; Meliksetian, Khachatur; Muth, Michelle J.; Adler, Daniel S. (2014). "Sourcing geochemically identical obsidian: multiscalar magnetic variations in the Gutansar volcanic complex and implications for Palaeolithic research in Armenia". Journal of Archaeological Science. 47: 164–178. Bibcode:2014JArSc..47..164F. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.015. ISSN 0305-4403.

40°22′04″N 44°41′02″E / 40.3679°N 44.6839°E / 40.3679; 44.6839

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