Ethiopia · Explosion crater
Dallol
- Type
- Explosion crater
- Elevation
- 48m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 2011
- Type
- Explosion crater
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Afar Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 48m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- 14.242, 40.300
- Last eruption
- 2011
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Minor (basaltic)
- Major rock type
- No data
Geological summary
Numerous phreatic explosion craters are present across the Salt Plain NNE of the Erta Ale Range in one of the lowest areas of the desolate Danakil depression.
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From Wikipedia
Dallol is a terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It is known for its unearthly colors and mineral patterns, and the very acidic fluids, commonly noted as some of the most acidic on Earth, that discharge from its hydrothermal springs.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 2
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1926 – 2011
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 1 (1926)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 2
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2011VEI 0Observed2011-01-04 – 2011-01-04Dallol crater
- 1926VEI 1Observed1926-07-02 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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