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Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang added to India’s UNESCO Tentative List. Limestone caves and active mud volcanoes on Baratang Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a unique geological landscape of India has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List, a step towards a possible future nomination. Known locally as “Jalki”, the mud volcanoes release mud, water and gases, driven by pressurised shale rather than magma.

November 04, 2026

Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang added to India’s UNESCO Tentative List. Limestone caves and active mud volcanoes on Baratang Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a unique geological landscape of India has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List, a step towards a possible future nomination. Known locally as “Jalki”, the mud volcanoes release mud, water and gases, driven by pressurised shale rather than magma.
Karst-mud-volcano Complex of Baratang added to India’s UNESCO Tentative List. Limestone caves and active mud volcanoes on Baratang Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a unique geological landscape of India has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List, a step towards a possible future nomination. Known locally as “Jalki”, the mud volcanoes release mud, water and gases, driven by pressurised shale rather than magma.
 
إدراج مجمع "كارست" وبراكين الطين في جزيرة باراتانغ ضمن القائمة التمهيدية لمواقع التراث العالمي لليونسكو في الهند
أُدرجت الكهوف الجيرية وبراكين الطين النشطة في جزيرة باراتانغ -التابعة لجزر أندامان ونيكوبار- ضمن القائمة التمهيدية لمواقع التراث العالمي لليونسكو؛ وهو مشهد جيولوجي فريد في الهند، وتُعد هذه الخطوة تمهيداً لاحتمالية ترشيح الموقع رسمياً في المستقبل.
تُعرف براكين الطين هذه محلياً باسم "جالكي" (Jalki)، وهي تطلق الطين والماء والغازات، مدفوعةً بضغط طبقات الصخور الطينية (الشيل) بدلاً من الصهارة البركانية (الماغما).
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