Bazman

For the city in Iran, see Bazman, Iran. For the administrative subdivision of Iran, see Bazman District.

Bazman
File:Bazman volcano ISS.jpg ISS astronaut photo of Bazman.
Highest point
Elevation
Prominence
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates
Geography
Bazman Iran
Location	Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Geology
Mountain type	Shield volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Bazman (Persian: بزمان, also known as Kuh-e Bazman‎‎) is a stratovolcano in a remote desert region of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran. A 500-m-wide crater caps the summit of the dominantly andesitic volcano. Bazman is a geologically young volcano which was made in the Quaternary. Although no historic eruptions have been reported from Bazman, it does contain fumaroles. Thus Bazman may be regarded as dormant, rather than extinct. Its satellite cones have been the source of basaltic lava flows.

Bazman is heavily dissected by channels that extend downwards from summit. This radial drainage pattern—similar to the spokes of a bicycle wheel—is readily observed from the International Space Station. Such patterns can form around high, symmetric peaks when water runoff and erosion is not constrained by barriers to flow or resistance by geologic materials. The result is essentially even distribution of water runoff channels around the peak.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Iran

References

• Peaklist.org: Iran Mountain Ultra-Prominence