🛢 Baba Gurgur

Iraq · Asia · 35.53°N, 44.34°E

Baba Gurgur is an oil field and gas flame near the city of Kirkuk, which was the first to be discovered in northern Iraq in 1927. It was considered the largest oil field in the world until the discovery of the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia in 1948. Baba Gurgur is 16 kilometres north-west of Arrapha and is famous for its Eternal Fire at the middle of its oil fields.

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Quick facts

Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	35.53°N, 44.34°E · view on map

Baba Gurgur is located in Iraq, in Asia.

More oil fields in Iraq

Al-Fakkah Field · Artawi oil field · Atrush Field · Az Zubair Field · East Baghdad Field · Halfaya Field · Majnoon oil field · Nahr Umr Field · Rumaila oil field · West Qurna field.

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