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Bilate River Field volcano

Maars 1700? m / 5,577 ft
Ethiopia, 7.07°N / 38.1°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Bilate River Field volcano books
Typical eruption style: unspecified
Bilate River Field volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

The Bilate River basin west of Lake Awasa contains a group of lake-filled maars and tuff rings of Pleistocene and probable Holocene age (WoldeGabriel 1987, pers. comm.). Active hot springs and fumaroles are located in this area.
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