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  • Грязевой вулкан Джау-Тепе. Photo 1
  • Грязевой вулкан Джау-Тепе. Photo 2
  • Грязевой вулкан Джау-Тепе. Photo 3

Description

The Jau-Tepe hill is a mud volcano located on the territory of the Kerch Peninsula. This is the most famous of the group of volcanoes located in the Republic of Crimea. The total number of mud volcanoes on the Kerch Peninsula is about 50. Such mud volcanoes are geological formations. In their structure, they are similar to traditional volcanoes: on the surface there is a funnel or a cone-shaped hill (mountain), with a crater on the top, only instead of magma eruptions, mud masses and gas periodically come to the surface. Mud volcanoes are quite rare and are much less common than magmatic ones: in total there are just over 1,700 similar volcanoes in the world, located both on the surface of the earth and under water.

The nearest settlement to the attraction is the village of Vulkanovka, which until 1948 was called Jau-Tepe. The name “Jau-Tepe” is translated from Tatar as “Enemy Mountain” and for good reason: in the 17th century, another volcanic eruption destroyed the settlement located at the foot of the mountain.

The absolute height of the volcanic hill is 119 meters above sea level; the mountain rises approximately 60 meters above the surrounding area. The diameter of the volcano is about 500 meters. Over the course of the last 20th century, the Jau Tepe mud volcano erupted 6 times, the last one in 1982. The most powerful eruption was recorded in 1914 - a column of gas and mud rose to a height of more than 50 meters.

Currently, the volcano continues to be considered active. Evidence of this is the loose soil at its top and the white salt coating on its slopes. Salt gradually emerges from the bowels of the earth along with gas.

Photo credit: DudeWay

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