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The Jingbo volcanic field is in the Jingpo Lake region of Heilongjiang province [3] The Keluo volcanic field may have had historic eruptions [4] The Kunlun Volcanic Group last had an eruption on 27 May 1951, and consists of at least 70 pyroclastic cones [5] The Longgang volcanic field contains 150 scoria cones but only one of holocene age [6]
In China, it is known as Changbai Mountain (Chinese: 长白山). At 2,750 m (9,022 ft), it is the tallest mountain in North Korea and Northeast China and the tallest mountain of the Baekdu-daegan and Changbai mountain ranges.
The 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain, a stratovolcano on the border of North Korea and China also known as Changbaishan, [1] occurred in late 946 CE. [2] [3] This event is known as the Millennium Eruption or Tianchi eruption. [4] It is one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history; classified at least a VEI 6. [5] [6] [7]
Kunlun Volcanic Group (Chinese: 昆仑火山群), also known as Ashikule Volcanic Field, is a volcanic field in northwestern Tibet. Eight other volcanic fields are also in the area. Eight other volcanic fields are also in the area.
Pages in category "Volcanoes of China" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
All of China's recently active volcanoes have formed within tectonic plates, however, there is extensive arc related volcanism off the eastern coast. [41] Active volcanoes are found in the Changbaishan , Jingbo Lake , Wudalianchi , Tengchong and Yutian areas.
If they were considered volcanic mountains, they would constitute the highest volcano in Asia and China and second highest in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro) and one of Volcanic Seven Summits by elevation. (Mount Damavand is the highest volcano in Asia, not the Kunlun cones.) The last known eruption in the volcanic group was on ...
The volcanic field is located geographically in China but geologically more closely related to Southeast Asia's volcano zones. The TVF is a product of one of the most important events that transpired in the Cenozoic Era, the Indo-Asian continent-continent collision which occurred ca. 59 Ma.