Hingol Mud Volcanoes

Tge Hingol Mud Volcanoes (Urdu: ہنگول‎) are located in Makran District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The mud volcanoes are located in Hingol National Park.

These are not located on the main road about a kilometer off the main Coastal Highway leading from Lasbela to Gwadar; the locals may provide guidance to the exact location. A landmark is a SSGC installation. The site is a complex of 3 major mud volcanoes and a number of smaller ones. The site is a sacred Hindu worship place called as 'Chandar Gup'.

The view of Chandragup I mud volcano.

Mud Volcano 1
Mud Volcano 2
Mud Volcano 3

Protected areas of Pakistan
National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Fairy Meadows Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Margalla Hills Panjal Mastan Saiful Malook Shiekh Buddin Toli Pir Manglot Wildlife Park
Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Hab Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Runn of Kutch
Game reserves	Head Qadirabad Machiara
Protected wetlands	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Drigh Lake Great Rann of Kutch Haleji Lake Hawke's Bay Beach Hingol River Hub Dam Indus River Delta Jiwani Coastal Wetland Jubho Lagoon Keti Bandar Khanpur Dam Kinjhar Lake Miani Hor Lagoon Ormara Turtle Beaches Rasul Barrage Rawal Lake Sandspit Beach Tanda Dam Taunsa Barrage Thanedar Wala Uchhali Complex
Natural monuments	Bazar Caves Chandragup Chitarwata Formation Hingol Mud Volcano Kashmir Smast Paradise Point
Protected forests	Ziarat Juniper Forest Changa Manga Forest Chichawatni Plantation
Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra Ziarat Juniper Forest

The picture is from Gwader but not in Hangol and this mud volcano is near Koh-e-Mehdi, which is shown in the picture

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Hingol Mud Volcanoes

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