GVP volcano 232010 · no holder yet
Damavand
Damavand is a 5,670 m stratovolcano in Iran, last erupted around 5350 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,670 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 5350 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 5350 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 35.95°N 52.11°E · Iran
- Region
- Caucasus Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 232010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).