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Ali Mela volcano

Cone 1037 m / 3402 ft
Ethiopia, 12.72°N / 41.4°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Ali Mela volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
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Background:

Ali Mela Ale is included in Dubbi line of volcanoes which decrease in age northward (Mohr et al. 1976). Alimelali is next volcano SE of Oyma, which is dated at 0.5 million years ago (CNR-CNRS 1973).
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