Burning ground (Digah)
Azerbaijan /
Abseron /
Diqex /
Digah
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/ Azerbaijan
/ Abseron
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World / Azerbaijan
eternal flame, gas flare
Natural gas escaping from the porous limestone gives life to ever-burning fires here. Similar phenomenon was used by fire worshipping Zoroastrists in their Ateshgyah temple not far from here.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanar_Dag
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°30'6"N 49°53'28"E
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- Gas Flare Pipe-Towers 1107 km
- Burning oil wells 1168 km
- Gas Flare 1911 km
- Gas Flare 1914 km
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- Gas Flare 1915 km
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- gas well 2203 km
- M-2 Package Flare 2760 km
- Lake 1.3 km
- Big lake 3.6 km
- AzVirt 4.3 km
- Lake 4.3 km
- Boyuk Shor 5.6 km
- Baki Polad Tokme ASC 6.5 km
- Sabunchi District 6.9 km
- Sabunchi 7.7 km
- Binagadi District 8 km
- Absheron district 46 km