This cone formed at the top of Nylgimelkin, with the larger Pleistocene Khuvkhoitun volcano visible in the background. Lava flows from Nylgimelkin were erupted along a fissure about 5,500 years ago.

Copyrighted photo by Maria Pevzner, 2005 (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).

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Nylgimelkin