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List of volcanoes in China

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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in China.

Volcanic Fields in China

  • The Arshan volcanic field is found in the Greater Khingan mountain range, it contains more than 40 cenozoic volcanic cones.
  • The Honggeertu volcanic field consists of 12 cinder cones which may be holocene
  • The Jingbo volcanic field is in the Jingpo Lake region of Heilongjiang Province
  • The Keluo volcanic field may have had historic eruptions
  • The Kunlun Volcanic Group last had an eruption on 27 May 1951, and consists of at least 70 pyroclastic cones
  • The Longgang volcanic field contains 150 scoria cones but only one of holocene age
  • the Qionglei volcano group (also known as the Leiqiong volcanic field) stretches across the Qiongzhou Strait north of Hainan Dao Island - so is made up of two parts:
  • The Hainan Dao volcanic field is the southern part consisting of 58 Pleistocene-Holocene tholeiitic cones
  • The Leizhou Bandao volcanic field is the northern part including the stratovolcanoes Tiangyang and Yingfengling as well as several pyroclastic cones, it lies just west of Zhanjiang City
  • The Rehai geothermal field which is part of the Tengchong volcanic district (Tengchong) has had 20 hydrothermal eruptions since 1993
  • The Tianshan volcano group contains the historically active cone Pechan
  • The Wudalianchi volcanic field erupted in 1720-1721 forming the five lakes at Wudalianchi, and again in 1776

    • References

    List of volcanoes in China Wikipedia
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