Fantale Vulkan

Fantale (also spelled Fantalle 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.

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 Fotos:

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)	Roland bei der Arbeit am Lake Awash mit Fantale Vulkan im Hintergrund (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)	Der Fantale Vulkan hinter dem Awash See (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)