Erta Ale Range
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Erta Ale Range is the most important axial volcanic chain of the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active volcano Erta Ale is a prominent feature of the range. The highest volcano of the range is Ale Bagu.
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This volcano is the most active in Ehiopia and rises to 613 meteres (2011 feet) at its highest point. It is one of many shield volcanoes in the area and is 50 kilometres wide with a 1.6 kilometre eliptical summit containing many steep pit craters. It has perpetualy active pit craters are renowned for their churning lava lakes.
[edit] References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).
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