Lok-Batan Mud Cone

Photo by Roman Bruehwiler.

"Lok-Batan" Mud Cone is part of the Tentative list of Azerbaijan in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Lok-Batan Mud Cone is one of the largest and the most active among Azerbaijan’s mud volcanoes. Azerbaijan is the country with the most examples of this geothermal phenomenon of the eruption of mud, water and gases. Lok-Batan stands at 130m above sea level and is located on the Absheron peninsula at the shores of the Caspian Sea.

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The coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.

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Full Name
"Lok-Batan" Mud Cone
Country
Azerbaijan
Added
1998
Type
Natural
Categories
Natural landscape - Volcanic and thermal
Link
By ID
1998 Added to Tentative List

Unesco Website: "Lok-Batan" Mud Cone

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"Lok-Batan" Mud Cone (T)
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