Tengchong volcano group

The Tengchong volcanic group ( Chinese  腾冲 火山 群 , Pinyin Tengchong huoshanqun , English Tengchong volcanic field ) comprises a 600 square kilometer volcanic field with 97 volcanoes in Tengchong in the Chinese province of Yunnan on the border with Burma ( Myanmar ). It is located in the Tengchong Volcano and Geotherm National Geopark 腾冲 国家 地质 公园 / Tengchong Dire Huoshan National Park (or Tengchong Geotherm and Volcano) 腾冲 地 热 火山 国家 公园. According to the records of the famous Chinese traveler Xu Xiake , the last eruption of Dayingshan is said to have occurred in 1609.

literature

• H. Wei, RSJ Sparks, R. Liu, Q. Fan, Y. Wang, H. Hong, H. Zhang, H. Chen, C. Jiang, J. Dong, Y. Zheng, Y. Pan: Three active volcanoes in China and their hazards . In: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences . tape 21 , no. 5 , February 2003, p. 515-526 , doi : 10.1016 / S1367-9120 (02) 00081-0 .

See also

• List of Chinese volcanoes

Web links

• Tengchong volcanic group in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
• On the Value of Volcanoes and Terrestrial Heat Tengchong National Geological Park and Way of Realizing Its Value
• Tengchong Volcano
• On postcards and postage stamps of the People's Republic of China
• Impressions from Tengchong
• Tengchong
• Tengchong
• photo

credentials

1. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
2. ^ Tengchong - Things Have Changed. In: thoughts.com. April 3, 2008, archived from the original on June 11, 2008 ; accessed on September 16, 2017 (English). 

Coordinates: 25 ° 14 '  N , 98 ° 30'  E