List of volcanoes in Iran
This is a list of active and extinct Volcanoes in Iran.
Name | Photograph | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
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meters | feet | Coordinates | |||
Bazman | 3,600 | 11,808 | 28°04′N 60°00′E / 28.07°N 60.00°E | - | |
Damavand | 5776 | 18,945 | 35°57′04″N 52°06′32″E / 35.951°N 52.109°E | Holocene, from ca. 60 Ka to 7 Ka[1] | |
Qal'eh Hasan Ali | 4225 | 13,858 | 29°24′N 57°34′E / 29.40°N 57.57°E | Holocene | |
Sabalan | 4900 | 16,072 | 38°15′N 47°55′E / 38.25°N 47.92°E | Holocene | |
Sahand | 3844 | 12,608 | 37°45′N 46°26′E / 37.75°N 46.43°E | Holocene | |
Sar'akhor | Sarakor | 3625 | 11,890 | Pliocene | |
Taftan | 3969 | 13,018 | 28°36′N 61°08′E / 28.60°N 61.13°E | 1993?[2] | |
Darazu | Koh-E-Darazu | 3025 | 9922 | 28°10′N 60°40′E / 28.17°N 60.67°E | Holocene |
Shahsavaran | Koh-E-Savaran | 2500 | 8200 | 28°10′N 59°06′E / 28.17°N 59.1°E | Pleistocene |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/meetings/brownbag/material/jamshid/i0016-7606-116-1-16.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Shakeri et al., 2008, p.830
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
Iranian Quaternary volcanoes map by Masoud Eshaghpour: https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2015/12006.pdf