Ali Mela volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 20:33 GMT - Refresh

Cone 1037 m / 3402 ft
Ethiopia, 12.72°N / 41.4°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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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)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: 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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