Fantale Volcano
Updated: 20. Apr. 2024 15:09 GMT -
stratovolcano 2007 m / 6,585 ft
Äthiopien, 8.98°N / 39.93°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Äthiopien, 8.98°N / 39.93°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Fantale volcano's caldera
Fantale (also spelled Fantalle, Fentale, or Fantala) is a large stratovolcano in the Ethiopian Rift Valley west of Lake Awash. It contains a large spectacular summit caldera.
Fantale's historic eruptions produced lava flows that descended to the east side into the valley and lake Awash. An eruption during the 13th century destroyed a town and church located south of the volcano. In 1820, a 4 km long fissure eruption occured on the east flank and sent basaltic lava flows both into the caldera and outside, reaching the bottom of the Rift valley.
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Ausbrüche des Fantale: 1820 (?), 1250 (+-50y)
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Beschreibung
Fantale is known for welded ash flows thought to correspond to violent eruptions that were followed by the formation of its 2.5 x 4.5 km summit caldera surrounded by steep walls up to 500 m high. The volcano was built on a WNW-ESE-trending orientation perpendicular to the axis of Ethiopian Rift and flank vents exist on the same line.Fantale Volcano Photos
Fantale ist ein großer Stratovulkan im Zentrum des Riftvalleys. Der Kegel ist von einer 6 km großen Kaldera abgeschnitten, in der zahlreiche nicht allzu alte Lavaströme u...
Der abgeschnittene Kegel des Fantale Vulkans. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Der Fantalevulkan spiegelt sich im blauen Wasser des Awashsees am Boden des Riftvalleys. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
1700 m ü.N.N. Endlich! Franz ist als erster oben und genießt den Ausblick in die weite Kaldera des Fantale Vulkans. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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