Mat Ala Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 11:27 GMT -
Shield volcano 523 m / 1,716 ft
Ethiopia, 13.1°N / 41.15°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 13.1°N / 41.15°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Mat Ala volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Mat Ala is a low, 523-m-high shield volcano in the southern Tat Ali Range, east of Afderà volcano. A 300-m-deep, 2.5 x 3.5 km wide caldera is found at the summit of the volcano, whose flanks are cut by numerous N-S-trending faults. Mat Ala has been active during the Holocene, and fumarolic activity occurs along a fissure SW of the volcano.---
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Mat Ala Volcano Photos
Microstalactites in formation, colonized by algea (Photo: Jean-Maurice)
Prismatic lavas at Cala Junco (Photo: Markus Heuer)
Small lava stalactites from molten glassy material cover the walls of the cave. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Glassy formations of lavasickles cover much of the walls: when active, the walls of the tube were covered with molten glass that started to drip down onto the floor, gene...