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Encyclopedia > List of volcanoes in Iran

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Iran. This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Bazman 3490 11,450 28.07° N 60.00° E -
Damavand 5670 18,602 35.951° N 52.109° E Holocene
Qal'eh Hasan Ali - - 29.40° N 57.57° E Holocene
Sabalan 4811 15,784 38.25° N 47.92° E Holocene
Sahand 3707 12,162 37.75° N 46.43° E Holocene
Taftan 3940 12,926 28.60° N 61.13° E 1993
(Unnamed) - - 39.33° N 45.17° E -
(Unnamed) - - 28.17° N 60.67° E Holocene

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Bazman (in Persian: بزمان ) is a stratovolcano (3490 m) in Sistan va Baluchestan province, southeast Iran. ... Mount Damāvand (In Persian: دماوند) also known as Donbavand, a dormant volcano, located in middle Alborz Range and adjacency of Vararoo , Sesang , Golezard and Mianrood, is the highest point in Iran (Persia) and is the highest peak in Middle East. ... Sabalan (سبلان Sabalân in Persian;also called Sāvālān in Azerbaijani) is an inactive volcano in Ardabil province of Iran. ... Sahand (in Persian سهند) is the highest mountain (about 3800m) located in the Iranian province of East Azarbaijan. ... Taftan (in Persian: تفتان Taftân) is an old volcano in south-east of Iran situated in the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. ...

References

  • Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/


 

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