Nemrut (volcano) inside the caldera, becoming the world's second largest caldera lake. Subsequent eruptions separated a small lake Ilı from Lake Nemrut. Nemrut volcano has an elliptical shape, its size at the base is 27×18 km, and its center contains 377.5 km of volcanic materials. The caldera of Nemrut is the largest in Turkey, the fourth largest in Europe and sixteenth largest in the world. Locals link the name of the volcano with the legendary ruler Nimrod, who is credited with the construction of the Tower of Babel. Turkish chronicles of the 16th century reproduce a local legend as follows: Eruptions of
Ala (Luwian goddess) Mount Hurtula (probably Mount Nemrut). Ala is probably depicted on the , along with the deer god. Ala (Luwian goddess) Ala was a Hittite and Luwian goddess of the wilderness and partner of the god Runtiya. She played only a minor role in the pantheon. "Lady Ala" (Hittite: MUNUS Ala-; Hieroglyphic Luwian: FEMINA Ala-) appears in one Bronza Age Hittite tex and several Iron Age Luwian texts. The name may derive from the Luwian adjective "ala-" ("high"). Personal names in which the goddess is invoked cannot be identified for sure on account of the shortness of the name and cannot