Kunlun Volcano

By: Sara Gerald

Height

Kunlun is the highest volcano in the northern hemisphere.

• It is 130m higher than the one in Iran.• The summit is 5800m.

• Altitude and peak is about 19,055  feet.

Location and where name came from.

• The location is 35.510 N 80.185 E

• Tibet,China

• The volcano whose name mean child of Krakatau.

• Birds eye view of kunlun

Last eruption and earthquake

• Last eruption was in 1951 it was the central vent exsplotion

• A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the area on March 21,2008.

How was formed and type

• Type of volcano is pyroclastic cones

• This volcano was formed in subduction zone