Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Mud Volcano
The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Mud Volcano is a cluster of 20 points of activity with griffins spewing a muddy mixture of a hill rock enriched with thermal waters, particles of sandstone, aragonite, quartz, feldspar, glauconite and mica. The shapes of griffins resemble miniature craters. The height of the eruptions in a mud field of about 200 m² is only 2-4 cm.
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Mud Volcano
Over the entire history of observation, there were periods (1959, 1979, 2001 and 2011) of increased emissions that reached a height of several meters. It is a natural monument of regional importance with a protected area of 40 hectares.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Mud Volcano
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