List of volcanoes in Iran explained

See also: Lists of volcanoes.

This is a list of active and extinct Volcanoes in Iran.

Name Photograph Elevation Location Last eruption
metersfeetCoordinates
Bazman 3,600 11,808 28.07°N 60°W -
Damavand 5776 18,945 35.951°N 52.109°W Holocene,
from ca. 60 Ka
to 7 Ka[1]
Qal'eh Hasan Ali 4225 13,858 29.4°N 57.57°W Holocene
Sabalan 4900 16,072 38.25°N 47.92°W Holocene
Sahand 3844 12,608 37.75°N 46.43°W Holocene
Sar'akhor Sarakor 3625 11,890 Pliocene
Taftan 3969 13,018 28.6°N 61.13°W 1993?[2]
DarazuKoh-E-Darazu30259922 28.17°N 60.67°W Holocene
Shahsavaran Koh-E-Savaran 2500 8200 28.17°N 59.1°W Pleistocene

See also

References

Iranian Quaternary volcanoes map by Masoud Eshaghpour: https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2015/12006.pdf

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/meetings/brownbag/material/jamshid/i0016-7606-116-1-16.pdf
  2. Shakeri et al., 2008, p.830