Mount Chilalo
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Mount Chilalo is an isolated, extinct silicic volcanic mountain in southeastern Ethiopia. The highest point in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, and located on the border between the Hitosa and Tiyo woreda, this mountain has a a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 4036 meters above sea level.
One authority identifies Mount Chilalo as a late Trap Series volcano.[1] Although this mountain is located south of the Great Rift Valley, along with Mount Gugu to the north and Mount Kaka to the south, it is considered, geologically speaking, part of the Ethiopian highlands.
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- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007)
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