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Zalzala Koh (Urdu: زلزلہ کوہ, Earthquake Mountain) or Zalzala Jazeera (Urdu: زلزلہ جزیرہ, Earthquake Island) was a small island off the coast of the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan which appeared on 24 September 2013 just hours after a powerful earthquake in Blochistan on that day.
Bazman (Persian: بزمان, also known as Kuh-e Bazman) is a dormant stratovolcano in a remote desert region of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran.A 500-m-wide crater caps the summit of the dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcano, the flanks of which are covered by monogenetic centres especially to the northwest.
A kīpuka surrounded by lava flows at Kīlauea volcano, Hawai`i Green kīpukas surrounded by brown lava flows erupted from Iwate volcano, Japan. A kīpuka is an area of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows. A kīpuka forms when lava flows on either side of a hill, ridge, or older lava dome as it moves downslope or spreads from its ...
A volcanic field is an area of Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. The type and number of volcanoes required to be called a "field" is not well-defined. [1] Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters of up to 100 volcanoes such as cinder cones. Lava flows may also occur.
While most of Pakistan is located on the Indian Plate, Koh-i-Sultan is situated on the Eurasian Plate. Koh-i-Sultan is a volcano in Balochistan, Pakistan.It is part of the tectonic belt formed by the collision of the Eurasian Plate and Indian Plate: specifically, a segment influenced by the subduction of the Arabian plate beneath the Asian plate and forming a volcanic arc which includes the ...
A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. [1] [2] [3] Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava and are not necessarily driven by magmatic activity.
The lake fills Taal Volcano, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. It is the country's third-largest lake, after Laguna de Bay and Lake Lanao. Volcano Island, the location of Taal Volcano's historical eruptions and responsible for the lake's sulfuric content, lies near the center of the lake.
Name Elevation Location Last eruption meters feet Coordinates; Koh-i-Sultan (Extinct magmatic): Malan Island (Mud volcano): Neza e Sultan (Extinct magmatic): Jebel e Ghurab (Mud volcano) ...