Mousa Ali

Mousa Ali
Mousa Ali (bottom center)
Elevation	2,021 m (6,631 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	1,607 m (5,272 ft)[1][3]
Listing	Country high point Ultra
Location
Mousa Ali Location of Mousa Ali in Djibouti (on tri-point border with Eritrea and Ethiopia)
Location	Tadjourah, Djibouti / Southern Red Sea, Eritrea / Afar, Ethiopia
Range	Denakil[3]
Coordinates	12°28′15″N 42°24′18″E / 12.47083°N 42.40500°E / 12.47083; 42.40500Coordinates: 12°28′15″N 42°24′18″E / 12.47083°N 42.40500°E / 12.47083; 42.40500[1]
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Holocene

The Mousa Ali Volcano is a 2,021 metres (6,631 ft) stratovolcano located on the tri-point borders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. The volcano is the highest point in Djibouti. The volcano's summit is truncated by a caldera, which contains rhyolitic lava domes and lava flows.^[2] The last known eruption occurred before the Holocene era.

Mousa Ali is situated at the tri-point of the Tadjourah Region of Djibouti; the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea; and the Afar Region of Ethiopia.

History

The position of Ali Mousa as tripoint between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti is not the result of an agreement between the three countries. In December 1948 the British administering Eritrea refused to attend a meeting on site with the other two parties to determine the exact item. From 1952, he is no longer that of an internal border to Ethiopia. In 1954, Ethiopian delegates, however, refuse to demarcate the border of Eritrea.

This boundary becomes international in 1993 During the arbitration process, which sets the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, Ethiopia boasts a tripoint further east, to Dadda'to. Finally, the Permanent Court of Arbitration sets the tripoint to Djibouti.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Eritrea
• List of stratovolcanoes
• List of Ultras of Africa

References