Tengchong, China

Pyroclastic cone · 2,865 m (9,400 ft) · China-S

Tengchong is a pyroclastic cone in China, 2,865 m (9,400 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1500 to 1699. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here.

Tengchong on the map

Tengchong and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Pyroclastic cone
Elevation: 2,865 m (9,400 ft)
Country: China
Region: China-S
Summit: 25.230° N, 98.500° E
Last known eruption: 1500 to 1699
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 275110

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

1609Deaths: few

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.