Butajiri-Silti Field volcano
Updated: May 30, 2023 13:39 GMT -
Fissure vents 2281 m / 7,484 ft
Ethiopia, 8.05°N / 38.35°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 8.05°N / 38.35°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Butajiri-Silti Field volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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The Butajiri-Silti volcanic field consists of a large group of basaltic cinder cones, maars, and lava flows in an 80-km-long, NE-SW-trending area near the west margin of the Ethiopian Rift. At least 13 maars, many filled by lakes, are located near the town of Debre Zeit, SE of the capital city of Addis Ababa. The maars were erupted through Pleistocene rhyolitic lava flows and tuffs. Eruptions of the younger basaltic cinder cones were contemporaneous with those that produced the maars. Some of the lava flows associated with the cinder cones are very young and are considered to be prehistorical in age (Di Paola, 1972).---
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