Noye’s Fludde, again 😉

 

Ararat's mount is a stratovolcano, formed by lava flows and pyroclastic eject, with no volcanic crater. Above the height of 4200 meters, the mountain consists mainly of igneous rocks covered by an ice sheet.

The lower peak (of 3896 m, Low Ararat) arising from the same base, southeast of the main peak. The lava plateau spreads between the two pinnacles. The bases of these two mountains is approximately 1,000 km².

The formation of the Ararat is difficult to recover geologically, but the type of volcanism and the volcano's position raises the idea that this occurred when the Tethys Sea closed during the Neogene period, as recently occurred along the plate boundaries of eurasian, African and Arabian Cabo de Gata to the Caucasus. Ararat's mount, in the Jewish-Christian tradition, is associated with the "Mountains of Ararat" where according to the book of Genesis, Noah's Fludde is supposed to be located. It also plays a significant role in Armenian nationalism and irredentism.

Rare Britten's Noye’s Fludde very first recording and pressing on English Argo Label quoted in the Harry Pearsons TAS Lists

Thanking Saulo Zucchell for the above 🙏