Active geological process (mud volcano, seismicity) Cenozoic
Chandragup Mud Volcanoes & Hingol
Makran Coast · also Chandragup · Hinglaj mud volcanoes
Active mud volcanoes on the Makran accretionary prism, where methane and mud vent from the deforming Miocene–Pliocene Makran Group. Chandragup is a Hindu pilgrimage site on the route to Hinglaj, within Hingol National Park.
ScientificScenicCultural
- Active mud volcanism above the Makran subduction zone
- Fed by dewatering of the Parkini/Talar (Makran Group) mudrocks
- Sacred site on the Hinglaj Yatra; within Hingol National Park
The geology here
The stratigraphic units exposed at this site — every geological fact above traces to their cited sources.
Quantitative assessment
Scored with the Brilha (2016) method — each value 0–400. Desk-based first pass; the full score matrix ships with the open dataset.
Scientific value 320/400 · 80%
Educational use 305/400 · 76.3%
Touristic use 310/400 · 77.5%
Degradation risk 150/400 · 37.5%
High priority
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