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m4dbr43d0n has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 2:11pm

Largest Volcano in Tamriel?

The largest volcano in Tamriel is currently the Red mountain in Morrowind, but I think there is somewhere else that could be larger. I'm talking about Eastmarch. If you go to the top of the mountain north of Riften, you can look out and see Windhelm, and see almost all of Eastmarch with the borders to the Rift, Whiterun, and Winterhold. Look down to the valley below, it doesnt look much like a valley, it looks more like a crater, and inside of that crater is hot springs. And anyone in the USA know that Yellowstone is a hot spring on top of a GIANT volcano. So therefore, Eastmarch has a crater that is about the size of the Red Mountain. So if this crater is larger than the whole of the Red Mountain. Shouldn't this be the largest volcano in Tamriel, Or in All of Planet Nirn? And also, what if this "Volcano" erupts? The signs are there, as in that the center of the hot springs are bulging, so that means it serving as a magma cap. And if that cap bulges, that means there is pressure underneath this cap. Pressure that can only be magma. So therefore, it is soon to erupt. Maybe in the next 100 years or so.

Last edited by m4dbr43d0n; Jul 3, 2015 @ 2:18pm

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Armchair Civilian has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 2:25pm

Still not as big as Red Mountain?

Indiana_Minotaur has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 2:52pm

No Red Mountain is the largest volcano in Tamriel. There are other volcanoes but more smaller size or a typical volcano you see today. But no other volcano in Tamriel is larger than Red Mountain

Initiation has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 3:07pm

well then all of tamriel would be completly ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Malvastor

Jul 3, 2015 @ 3:13pm

Red Mountain still took up a huge chunk of a pretty sizeable island, didn't it? Still, let's all hope the Eastmarch supervolcano never blows. I don't imagine the writers would blow up two provinces like that; doing it once is fine, twice starts to seem repetitive.

m4dbr43d0n has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:15pm

Originally posted by ChAoTic_MaYhEm:
No Red Mountain is the largest volcano in Tamriel. There are other volcanoes but more smaller size or a typical volcano you see today. But no other volcano in Tamriel is larger than Red Mountain

What i am saying is the volcanic crater is larger that the whole of the red mountain

Delta 1038 has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:28pm

Yeah it could probably be the largest Volcano in Tamriel so far; provided of course it does go active at some point.

Fun Fact: As "meh" the writing is, you have to give Betty some credit for their geological and geographical accuracy. For example, the ore mines of Skyrim are pretty much spot on for their locations:

https://geoheritagescience.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/the-geology-of-skyrim/

And back to topic, the Skyrim's caldera being next to Morrowind's Red Mountain would imply that the caldera is part of a volcano belt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_belt

Malvastor

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:39pm

Originally posted by Delta 1038:

And back to topic, the Skyrim's caldera being next to Morrowind's Red Mountain would imply that the caldera is part of a volcano belt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_belt

Maybe Atmora froze over as a result of ash from a chain of eruptions. Could also explain what happened to Yokuda.

Last edited by Malvastor; Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:40pm

Delta 1038 has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:44pm

Originally posted by Malvastor:
Originally posted by Delta 1038:

And back to topic, the Skyrim's caldera being next to Morrowind's Red Mountain would imply that the caldera is part of a volcano belt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_belt

Maybe Atmora froze over as a result of ash from a chain of eruptions. Could also explain what happened to Yokuda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHVMBDQXEAg

m4d50r3n

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:46pm

Delta, I commend you for your contribution to this discussion

m4dbr43d0n has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 4:46pm

I do too

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Aryel_Emrys has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jul 3, 2015 @ 5:45pm

It is possible see the Red Mountain volcano plume eruption adding a nice sense of continuity between the Skyrim and Solstheim worldspaces: Red Mountain Erupts by EmeraldReign[www.nexusmods.com]

Last edited by Aryel_Emrys; Jul 3, 2015 @ 5:54pm

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