Mud volcano Uchtapa

Mud volcano is situated within west Absheron, 40 km north-west off Baku. According to its morphological features it is a relatively small volcano that looks like a dome with large crater field 55 m in diameter. Mud volcano absolute height measures 226,4 m. It is referred to periodically erupted volcanoes Beginning from 1967 there were recorded its 7 eruptions. The latter eruption happened in 2005 likewise the previous one occurred without eruptions occurred without gas ignition. Mud breccias covered all over the crater field and flowed down the slope on the north and west like lobes over 100 m long. Average mud breccias

thickness measures 0.85 m, its calculated volumetric amount equals 125 th cu m that covers 14 he area. There appeared a 1m-deep circular fracture nearby subsided crater field and a crumbled zone within its northeast slope. Currently there are several active gryphons within volcano crater seeping gas mud water and mud with oil films.