Icherisheher
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Nature
Yanardag
A hillside on the Absheron that has burned for decades — the plainest explanation of the “Land of Fire”.
Go to the siteyanardag.tut.azA separate third-level domain with its own design
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How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
In brief
Yanardag lies north of Baku near the village of Mehemmedi. Natural gas seeps from the slope and burns: a wall of flame a few metres long, bending in the wind.
A reserve with a museum has grown up around it, gathering Absheron's gas seeps, historical accounts and traces of the fire cult.
Photo: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates · CC BY 2.0
On the site
- 01GeologyWhere the gas comes from
- 02Fire cultZoroastrianism and local beliefs
- 03VisitingHow to get there and when to look
- 04AbsheronOther seeps nearby
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