{"id":356614,"date":"2026-02-23T15:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356614"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:35:48","slug":"taftan-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/taftan-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Taftan volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News: <\/strong>The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Taftan Volcano<\/span><\/span> in southeastern Iran has risen by about 3.5 inches (9 cm) over a period of ten months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Taftan volcano<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/volcanodiscovery.de\/maps\/volcanomap-5kt-3013.jpg?resize=333%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Taftan Volcano\" width=\"333\" height=\"208\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: VolcanoDiscovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Mount Taftan is a <strong>stratovolcano situated in southeast Iran,<\/strong> close to the border with Pakistan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Volcano Type:\u00a0<\/strong> Composite stratovolcano<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How it is formed:<\/strong> It was <strong>formed by the subduction of the Arabian ocean crust under the Eurasian continent<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Composition:<\/strong> It is <strong>built of layers of lava and ash.<\/strong>\u00a0 It vents through <strong>summit fumaroles (volcanic vents that emit gas).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>History:<\/strong> It was <strong>believed to have been dormant for roughly 7.1 lakh years.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Height:<\/strong> It<strong> rises about 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level<\/strong>, making <strong>it the tallest peak in southeastern Iran.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Summits:<\/strong> Narkuh and Matherkuh<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <strong>features an active hydrothermal system<\/strong> with sulfur-emitting fumaroles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Taftan Volcano in southeastern Iran has risen by about 3.5 inches (9 cm) over a period of ten months. About Taftan volcano Location: Mount Taftan is a stratovolcano situated in southeast Iran, close to the border with Pakistan. Volcano Type:\u00a0 Composite stratovolcano How it is formed: It was formed by the subduction of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/taftan-volcano\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taftan volcano<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,12179],"class_list":["post-356614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}