Volcano Information Sahand :

 

Country: Iran

Subregion Name : Iran

Volcano Number: 0302-001

Volcano Type: Stratovolcano

Volcano Status: Holocene

Last Known Eruption: Unknown

Summit Elevation: 3707 m12,162 feet

Latitude:    37.75°N  37°45'0"N

Longitude: 46.43°E  46°26'0"E

 

 Sahand volcano (Kuh-e-Sahand) is located in NW Iran, about 60 km east of Lake Urmia and 40 km SE of the city of Tabriz. The massive,extensively eroded calc-alkaline stratovolcano is one of the highest peaks in the Azarbaijan region and reaches a height of 3707 m. Numerous lava domes dot the lower flanks of the volcano. Pleistocene Potassium-Argon dates from 1.2-0.8 million years ago have been obtained (Innocenti et al., 1982), but Karakhanian et al. (2002) stated that eruptions at Sahand continued into the Holocene .