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Harra es-Sawad

Sawad, Harra Es-

Type
Volcanic field
Elevation
1737m
Last eruption
1253
The Harra es-Sawâd (or Shuqra) volcanic field covers an area nearly 100 km across the Southern Yemen along the Gulf of Aden, shown in this December 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 104 km across). There are around 100 identified cones, and a lava field that covers an area of 40 x 95 km.
The Harra es-Sawâd (or Shuqra) volcanic field covers an area nearly 100 km across the Southern Yemen along the Gulf of Aden, shown in this December 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 104 km across). There are around 100 identified cones, and a lava field that covers an area of 40 x 95 km. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
Type
Volcanic field
Country
Yemen
Region
Arabia & Central Asia / Southwest Arabia Volcanic Province
Elevation
1737m
Coordinates
13.580, 46.120
Last eruption
1253
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary

The Harra es-Sawâd (or Shuqra) volcanic field in southern Yemen extends for nearly 100 km along the Gulf of Aden, east of the city of Shuqra (Shaqra). The field is oriented WSW-ENE and contains about a hundred cones that have sent lava flows across a 40 x 95 km area of faulted basement limestones. Most of the volcanic field is Holocene in age (Cox et al., 1977), and in many cases the flows and cones are essentially uneroded. The only recorded event was a major, but poorly documented, eruption in 1253 CE.

Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
1253~1253 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 312531253125412541254

Detailed timeline

  1. 1253VEI 3Observed
    1253 – end unknown

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