Global Volcanism Program | Azerbaijan Volcanoes

Azerbaijan has 2 Holocene volcanoes. Note that as a scientific organization we provide these listings for informational purposes only, with no international legal or policy implications. Volcanoes will be included on this list if they are within the boundaries of a country, on a shared boundary or area, in a remote territory, or within a maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. Bolded volcanoes have erupted within the past 20 years. Suggestions and data updates are always welcome ().

Volcano Name	Location	Last Eruption	Primary Volcano Type
Porak	Southern Armenia / Azerbaijan	778 BCE	Volcanic field
Tskhouk-Karckar	Southern Armenia / Azerbaijan	3000 BCE	Pyroclastic cone(s)

Chronological listing of known Holocene eruptions (confirmed or uncertain) from volcanoes in Azerbaijan. Bolded eruptions indicate continuing activity.

Volcano Name	Start Date	Stop Date	Certainty	Evidence
Porak	[0740 BCE ± 2 years]	[Unknown]	Uncertain
Porak	0778 BCE ± 5 years	Unknown	Confirmed	Correlation: Anthropology
Tskhouk-Karckar	3000 BCE ± 300 years	Unknown	Confirmed	Correlation: Tephrochronology
Porak	4510 BCE ± 300 years	Unknown	Confirmed	Correlation: Tephrochronology

Azerbaijan has 0 Pleistocene volcanoes. Note that as a scientific organization we provide these listings for informational purposes only, with no international legal or policy implications. Volcanoes will be included on this list if they are within the boundaries of a country, on a shared boundary or area, in a remote territory, or within a maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. Suggestions and data updates are always welcome ().

There are 2 photos available for volcanoes in Azerbaijan.

A lava flow extends across the foreground from a cone within the Porak volcanic field, located along the Vardeniss volcanic ridge about 20 km SE of Lake Sevan. The volcanic field straddles the Armenia/Azerbaijan border, and lava flows extend into both countries. This lava flow is the youngest of the volcanic field. Another flow from the same cone (located in Armenia) flowed into Lake Alagyol in Azerbaijan. Archaeological and historical evidence indicates several eruptions occurred during the Holocene.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 2004 (Smithsonian Institution).

A group of scoria cones with recent lava flows of the Tskhouk-Karckar volcanic group are in the center of this October 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 16 km across). The longest flow to the south traveled around 9 km from the vent. The lavas have abundant lobate flow edges and pressure ridges, and overlap older cones and flows.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).

This is a compilation of Azerbaijan volcano information sources, such as official monitoring or other government agencies.

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