Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; /ˈərtə ˈeɪl/ Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia...
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Erta Ale Range is the most important axial volcanic chain of the Afar Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active...
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around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It is known for its unearthly colors and mineral patterns...
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lakes occur in a variety of volcanic systems, ranging from the basaltic Erta Ale lake in Ethiopia and the basaltic andesite volcano of Villarrica, Chile...
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the southern end of the Danakil Depression. The other active volcano, Erta Ale, is one of several crater lakes of lava bubbling from the Earth's mantle...
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pāhoehoe lava fountain on Kīlauea erupts A lava lake in the caldera of Erta Ale, an active shield volcano in Ethiopia Pāhoehoe flows enter the Pacific...
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examples of EAR volcanism include Erta Ale, Dalaffilla (also called Gabuli, Alu-Dalafilla), and Ol Doinyo Lengai. Erta Ale is a basaltic shield volcano in...
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the world, for example in Nicaragua (Masaya), Italy (Etna), Ethiopia (Erta’ Ale), and Iceland, where it is known as nornahár [ˈnɔ(r)tnaˌhauːr̥] ('witches'...
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Ale Bagu is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the highest volcano of Erta Ale Range. The village of El Dom sits at the base...
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Triangle (Afar Depression), a highly active volcanic region which includes Erta Ale. An eruption on September 26, 2005 created a large fissure in the ground...
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clinics, increasing the total for the region to 111. Afar Depression, Erta Ale active volcano, Awash National Park, Yangudi Rassa National Park, Hadar...
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Barrier (Kenya) Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica) Erta Ale (Ethiopia) Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) Mount Wrangell (Alaska)...
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and a volcanic eruption occurred within the Afar rift at the Dabbahu and Erta Ale volcanoes. Some 2.5 cubic kilometers of molten rock was injected from below...
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contains many active volcanoes, including the Maraho, Dabbahu, Afdera and Erta Ale. In Somalia, there is not much seasonal variation in climate. Hot conditions...
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Nyiragongo and its neighbor, Nyamuragira, are Africa's most active volcanoes. Erta Ale, in the Afar Triangle, has maintained a lava lake since at least 1906....
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responsibility for a January 16, 2012 attack on a group of tourists at Erta Ale in which five were killed, some taken as hostages and others wounded. In...
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being Lake Afrera), it lies 120 m (394 ft) below sea level. The volcano Erta Ale rises southeast of this lake. Werner Munzinger, who traveled through the...
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Erta Ale Volcanic Segment in the northern Afar Region of Ethiopia, which contains seven volcanoes including Erta Ale, Alu, Dalafilla and Borale Ale....
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traverse over a lava lake being the 100.58-metre (330.0 ft) crossing of Erta Ale in Ethiopia by Karina Oliani in 2017. A fatal accident while conducting...
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Borale Ale is a stratovolcano located in the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia. It is part of the Erta Ale Volcanic Segment in the northern Afar Region of Ethiopia...
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Gada Ale is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the most prominent volcano at the northern end of the Erta Ale Range. List of...
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observed in the Es Safa volcanic area in the middle of the 19th century (see Erta Ale in Ethiopia and Puʻu ʻŌʻō in Hawaii for reference). The region was frequently...
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desert and was lowered 60 ft (18 m) into the smoking crater of the active Erta Ale volcano. He spent a half hour filming on top of the freshly hardened surface...
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Entoto • Mount Erer • Erta Ale Range • Ethiopian Highlands Mount Fentale • Mount Amba Ferit • Mount Fota • Mount Furi Gada Ale • Mount Gara Muleta • Mount...
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permanent lakes of lava exist. These include: Mount Erebus, Antarctica Erta Ale, Ethiopia Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo Ambrym, Vanuatu. Lava...
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contains many active volcanoes, including the Maraho, Dabbahu, Afdera and Erta Ale. In 1974, anthropologists discovered an Australopithecus afarensis body...
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Tanzania Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia Golis Mountains, Somalia Khufleh Range, Somalia Kilimanjaro...
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in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range. List of volcanoes in Ethiopia "Hayli Gubbi". Global Volcanism Program...
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overflowing nor sinking to drain away. Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica Erta Ale, Afar Region, Ethiopia Mount Nyiragongo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic...
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