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Mega Basalt Field

Mega Volcanic Field

Type: Volcanic field
Elevation: 1500m
Last eruption: Unknown

Mega Basalt Field — Photo: NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Type: Volcanic field
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation: 1500m
Coordinates: 3.971, 38.213
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform: Cluster

Geological summary

The Mega Volcanic Field in southern Ethiopia is present on both sides of the 100-km-long NW-SE Mega escarpment, and covers about 1,400 km2.

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

Eruption history

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