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Bilate River Field

Type: Volcanic field
Elevation: 1700m
Last eruption: Unknown

Three lake-filled maars occupy the center of this NASA Landsat composite image (with N to the top). Active hot springs and fumaroles are located in this area. — Three lake-filled maars occupy the center of this NASA Landsat composite image (with N to the top). Active hot springs and fumaroles are located in this area. · Photo: NASA Landsat 7 image, 1999-2003 (courtesy of NASA Worldwind).

Type: Volcanic field
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Eastern Africa / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation: 1700m
Coordinates: 7.070, 38.100
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform: Cluster
Major rock type: No data

Geological summary

The Bilate River basin west of Lake Awasa contains a group of lake-filled maars and tuff rings of Pleistocene and probable Holocene age…

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

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