Oyma Volcano
Updated: May 3, 2024 01:06 GMT -
Stratovolcano 1041 m / 3415 ft
Ethiopia, 12.88°N / 41.62°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 12.88°N / 41.62°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Oyma volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Oyma is a complex stratovolcano with rhyolitic lava flows, domes, and pyroclastics, followed by formation of a 5-km-wide, 450-m-deep caldera. Oyma was age dated at around 0.5 million years ago (CNR-CNRS, 1973).---
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