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Harras of Dhamar Vulkan

vulkanische Gebiet 3500 m / 11,483 ft
Arabian Peninsula, Welt, 14.57°N / 44.67°E
Aktueller Status: nicht aktiv (1 von 5)
Typische Aktivität: effusiv
Ausbrüche des Harras of Dhamar: 500 AD ± 100 (south flank of Kaulet Hattab), around 200 AD (east flank of Jabal Zebib)
Harras of Dhamar volcano has its name from a large lava field around the town Dhamar 100 km SE of Yemen's capital Sana'a. The lava flows belong to a large volcanic field, stretches 80 km to the east and consists of young stratovolcanoes, cones, and basaltic lava flows overlying older rhyolite flows. The only eruption on the Arabian peninsula occurrd from
Harras of Dhamar volcano is the probable source of the only known eruption on the Arabian peninsula in the 20th century, in 1937.