Kunlun Volcano

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Kunlun Volcano

• By Sara Gerald

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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.

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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

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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.

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How was formed and type

• Type of volcano is pyroclastic cones
• This volcano was formed in subduction zone