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Bir Borhut Vulkan

vulkanische Gebiet ca. 600 m / 1,800 ft
Arabian Peninsula, Welt, 15.55°N / 50.63°E
Aktueller Status: nicht aktiv (1 von 5)
Typische Aktivität: effusiv
Ausbrüche des Bir Borhut: 500 AD ± 100 (south flank of Kaulet Hattab), around 200 AD (east flank of Jabal Zebib) NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) showing the darker lava flows of Borhut volcano south and west of the Wadi al Masilah in eastern Yemen
Bir Borhut volcano is an active, but almost unknown volcano in eastern Yemen near the Gulf of Aden. Old documents tell of volcanic activity in the 10th century, and it was reported to have still been "smoking" in 1813.

Beschreibung:

Geologic maps and satellite images of the Arabian Peninsula show young, probably basaltic lava flows in an area south and west of Wadi al Masilah river valley.