Gutanasar or Gut'anasar () is a mountain in the

Kotayk Province Kotayk (, ), is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk c ...

near Fantan in

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. It is a 7,543 ft (2,299 m) high. A small Surb Astvatsatsin Church is located below it. It is a

volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most oft ...

which last erupted 200,000 BP, judging from Ar39/Ar40 dating of lava flows, and one of the common sources of

obsidian Obsidian ( ) is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extrusive rock, extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. It is an igneous rock. Produced from felsic lava, obsidian is rich in the lighter element ...

in archeological sites of Armenia. Neighbouring communities include Fontan and Alapars. The volcano is part of the

Geghama mountains The Gegham mountains (or Gegham Ridge; ) are a mountain range , range of mountains in Armenia. The range is a Table (landform), tableland-type watershed basin of Sevan Lake from east, inflows of rivers Araks River, Araks and Hrazdan River, Hrazda ...

volcanic area. and appear to share a common feeding conduit.

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