Mount Alayta

Mount Alatya is a 1,496 metres (4,908 ft) shield volcano in Ethiopia.[1][3] It produced significant lava flows in the early 1900s.[4] The last eruption was in 1915.[5]

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Alayta in 1999
Elevation1,496 m (4,908 ft)[1]
ListingList of volcanoes in Ethiopia
Location
Geology
TypeShield volcano[2]
Last eruption1915

References

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  2. Alayta. Volcano World (3 May 2010)Oregon State University. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. Tazieff, Haroun. The Afar Triangle. Scientific American 222 (2) (1970). p. 32–41. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0270-32.
  4. Wadge, G.. Historical Volcanism and the State of Stress in the East African Rift System. Frontiers in Earth Science 4 (30 September 2016). p. 86. doi:10.3389/feart.2016.00086.
  5. Extreme natural hazards, disaster risks and societal implications (2014)Cambridge University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9781107033863.

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