Ethiopia · Stratovolcano
Mount Ayalu
Ayelu
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2145m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2145m
- Coordinates
- 10.082, 40.702
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Rhyolite
Geological summary
Ayelu is a vegetated rhyolitic stratovolcano, located south of the Asbahri plain in the southern Afar region. On its eastern side, 2145-m-high Ayelu is cut by regional faults and is overlain by ignimbrites erupted from Adwa volcano immediately to the east. It was constructed by a series of thick rhyolitic lava flows, creating a higher and steeper-sided volcano than Adwa. Hot springs are located on the western flank.
From Wikipedia
Mount Hazalo, also known as Azalo, or Ayelu is an isolated, rhyolitic stratovolcano in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Afar Region, near the South of the towns of Āfdem and Gewane, and has an altitude of 2,145 metres (7,037 ft).
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryDetailed timeline
- 1928VEI 2Method not stated1928-07-02 – end unknown
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