Asgura volcano

Stratovolcano unknown
Ethiopia, 11.75°N / 40.9°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Asgura volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

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The silicic Asgura volcanic center lies SW of the central Manda Hararo cmplex and was potassium-argon dated at about 1.27 million years (Lahitte et al., 2003b).
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