Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, translated as \"burning mountain\") is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the \"land of fire\". Flames jet into the air 3 metres (9.8 ft) from a thin, porous sandstone layer.Yanar Dag is known by other names such as \"pilpila\", \"bozdagh\", \"ahtarma\" and \"gaynarja.\" Unlike mud volcanoes, the Yanar Dag flame burns fairly steadily, as it involves a steady seep of gas from the subsurface. It is claimed that the Yanar Dag flame was only noted when accidentally lit by a shepherd in the 1950s. There is no seepage of mud or liquid, which distinguishes it from the nearby mud volcanoes of Lökbatan or Gobustan."@en }
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- Yanar_Dag abstract "Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, translated as \"burning mountain\") is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the \"land of fire\". Flames jet into the air 3 metres (9.8 ft) from a thin, porous sandstone layer.Yanar Dag is known by other names such as \"pilpila\", \"bozdagh\", \"ahtarma\" and \"gaynarja.\" Unlike mud volcanoes, the Yanar Dag flame burns fairly steadily, as it involves a steady seep of gas from the subsurface. It is claimed that the Yanar Dag flame was only noted when accidentally lit by a shepherd in the 1950s. There is no seepage of mud or liquid, which distinguishes it from the nearby mud volcanoes of Lökbatan or Gobustan.".