Azerbaijan has more than 400 mud volcanoes, more than anywhere else on Earth. Come along for an off-road tour of these fascinating geological oddities.

Azerbaijan has more than 400 mud volcanoes, more than anywhere else on Earth. Come along for an off-road tour of these fascinating geological oddities.

Azerbaijan, located between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, is home to hundreds of active mud volcanoes. Locally known as “yanardagh”, which means “burning mountain”, these volcanoes ...

A mysterious new island emerged in the Caspian Sea following the eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, located approximately 25 kilometers off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan. Satellite images ...

Mud volcanoes are little known in North America, but much more common in other parts of the world, including not only Indonesia but also Azerbaijan, Trinidad, Italy and Japan.

Azerbaijan is home to more than 300 mud volcanoes, combining both on land and water in the Caspian Sea, NASA's Earth Observatory stated.

A island formed by the Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea stretched nearly 400 meters across in early 2023. Within a year, it was one-quarter the size.

The Borealis Mud Volcano, 400 metres below the surface, continuously releases methane-rich fluids, creating a unique deep-sea ecosystem that researchers now believe serves as a sanctuary for ...

It eroded entirely by 1862. Azerbaijan has an unusually high concentration of mud volcanoes with more than 300 counted both on land and offshore in the Caspian Sea The country’s mud volcanoes ...

Mud volcanoes are little known in North America, but much more common in other parts of the world, including not only Indonesia but also Azerbaijan, Trinidad, Italy and Japan.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14. Tickets for the Mud Volcanoes Tourism Complex (in Azerbaijan's Absheron district) cost five manat ($2.9) for locals and 15 manat ($8.8) for foreign tourists, Chairman of ...