Bazman

Bazman
ISS astronaut photo of Bazman
Highest point
Elevation	3,490 m (11,450 ft)
Prominence	2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	28°07′N 60°00′E / 28.117°N 60.000°E / 28.117; 60.000Coordinates: 28°07′N 60°00′E / 28.117°N 60.000°E / 28.117; 60.000
Geography
Bazman Iran
Location	Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
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 south-eastern Iran. A 500-m-wide crater caps the summit of the dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcano, the flanks of which are covered by monogenetic centres especially to the northwest. Bazman is a geologically young volcano which was made in the Quaternary, with the oldest dated rocks being 11.7 million years old and the youngest 0.6 million years. 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 volcano is part of a volcanic arc in southeastern Iran, the Makran volcanic arc. At this arc, shallow subduction has generated an arc of volcanic activity which includes Bazman, Taftan and Koh-i-Sultan volcanoes. Bazman has been affected by heavy erosion. The flanks of the volcano are covered with debris coming from the volcano. A Cretaceous pluton is also associated with Bazman and has been investigated for the possibility of mining.

Bazman is also known as Kuh-i-Zindeh ("Mountain of the Living One"), after a saint, Khizr-as-Sallam. Yet another name is Kuh-i-Naushada, although they are sometimes considered to be separate mountains. The mountain was climbed in 1896 by Percy Sykes and Brazier Creagh; By 1906 its volcanic nature was known to geologists. It is located 420 kilometres (260 mi) away from the Arabian Sea, and 120 kilometres (75 mi) northnorthwest of Bampur.