The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), [1] also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. [2] Hundreds of natural gas fires and mud illuminate the floor and rim of the crater. The crater has been burning since 1971.

2022年1月14日 · In Southwestern Turkmenistan, in the so-called South Caspian depression, operates one of the most active and significant mud volcanoes of the Earth, Akpatlavuk. Reaching a height of about eighty meters, a large hill with uneven edges enchants with its beauty.

2023年11月1日 · There are a total of 30 mud volcanoes in Turkmenistan. Most of them are located on the Cheleken Peninsula. Unlike classical volcanoes, mud volcanoes erupt masses of mud, pieces of rock, gases, water and oil.

2024年4月29日 · The Door to Hell is a continually burning crater located in remote Turkmenistan. Adventurer George Kourounis describes being the first person to enter the Door to Hell and what he found when he reached the bottom.

The biggest volcano is called Aligul (extinct). The most ancient is the Boyadag mud volcano. The most attractive are Geokpatlauk and Kipyushchiy (Boiling) Mound in Gassankuli. There are even more extinct volcanoes on the Caspian Sea coast.

2014年11月1日 · Numerous mud volcanoes and structures related with fluid emission can be observed along the SW–NE trending Cheleken anticline in western Turkmenistan. The study of these features has produced a new description of the phenomenon in this area of the SCB and of the geochemistry of connate waters and hydrocarbons emitted at the surface.

In the western region of Turkmenistan, approximately 30 mud volcanoes dot the landscape, each with its unique shape and appearance. These fascinating geological formations periodically erupt, expelling a mixture of mud, gases, water, and even oil onto the surface. Among these volcanoes, the Aligul stands out as the largest, though it is now ...

2014年11月1日 · Turkmenistan mud volcano areas (Fig. 1). The aim of this paper is to characterize some of the major seep- related structures occurring in the Cheleken peninsula, which have

2022年1月15日 · The active mud volcano Akpatlavuk (from the Turkmen “White volcano”), which is located in Southwestern Turkmenistan, is one of the most active and largest volcanoes in its category on Earth. According to the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”, this large hill reaches a height of about 80 meters.

2021年8月11日 · The volcanoes of the south-west of Turkmenistan are located on an area over 300 km long and up to 100 km wide. They form an intermittent chain of hills, starting in the south (near the village of Esenguly) and ending in Cheleken (Khazar).