Sudan · Volcanic field
Bayuda Volcanic Field
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 670m
- Last eruption
- 850
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Sudan
- Region
- Northern Africa / Southeast Sahara Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 670m
- Coordinates
- 18.330, 32.750
- Last eruption
- 850
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
The Bayuda volcanic field is located in the Bayuda Desert of NE Sudan, south of the major Abu Hamed bend of the Nile River about 300 km N of Khartoum.
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From Wikipedia
Bayuda volcanic field is a volcanic field in Sudan, within the Bayuda Desert. It covers a surface of about 11 by 48 kilometres and consists of a number of cinder cones as well as some maars and explosion craters. These vents have erupted 'a'ā lava flows.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 850 (±50 yrs) – 850
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 850 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate850 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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