Mount Fentale
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| Fentale | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2,007 metres (6,585 feet) |
| Location | Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1820 (?) |
Fentale is a volcano located in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Fentale woreda.
As Philip Briggs describes, Mount Fentale is crowned by a 350 meter deep crater. Briggs concludes that this volcano "is responsible for the bleak hundred-year-old lava flows that cross the road immediately west of Metahara, and its steam vents can sometimes be seen displaying from the surrounding plains at night."[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 335
