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Gedamsa

Gedemsa

Type: Caldera
Elevation: 1909m
Last eruption: Unknown

Gedamsa — Photo: NASA Landsat image (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Type: Caldera
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Eastern Africa / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation: 1909m
Coordinates: 8.363, 39.172
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform: Caldera
Major rock type: Rhyolite

Geological summary

The Gedemsa caldera covers 7 x 9 km along the Main Ethiopian Rift E of Lake Koka and SW of Wonji Sugar Estate Farm.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

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