Nemrut (volcano)

Nemrut (Turkish: "Nemrut Dağı", Armenian: Սարակն, «Mountain spring», scientific transliteration: "Sarakn", Kurdish "Çiyayê Nemrud") is a dormant volcano in Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van, at . 
The volcano is named after King Nimrod who is said to have ruled this area in about 2100 BC.