{"id":69390,"date":"2026-02-22T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69390"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:57:51","slug":"taftan-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/taftan-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Taftan Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Taftan Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taftan Volcano in southeastern Iran has nudged upward by about 3.5 inches (9 centimeters) in 10 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Taftan Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in <\/span><b>southeastern Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>close to the border with Pakistan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rises approximately 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level, making it the<\/span><b> tallest mountain in southeastern Iran.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcano contains <\/span><b>two summits (Narkuh and Matherkuh).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>hosts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an <\/span><b>active hydrothermal system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>smelly, sulfur-emitting vents called fumaroles.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only active volcano in the Makran continental volcanic arc formed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>subduction of the Arabian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It isn&#8217;t known to have erupted in human history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geologists estimate that its <\/span><b>last major eruption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> occurred around <\/span><b>700,000 years ago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, long <\/span><b>before the emergence of Homo sapiens.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Today, it still vents heat and gas through fumaroles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near its summit, evidence that <\/span><b>geothermal activity persists below.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/remote-vocano-taftan-iran-wakes-up-after-700000-year-dormancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EARTH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taftan Volcano is a 4,000-m stratovolcano in southeastern Iran near Pakistan, the region\u2019s tallest peak, with twin summits\u2014Narkuh and Matherkuh. 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