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Fantale Volcan

Updated: 1 mai 2025 23:39 GMT -
stratovolcano
Ethiopie, 8.98°N / 39.93°E
Summit height: 2007 m / 6,585 ft
Condition actuelle: Activité petite ou avertissement éruption imminente (3 sur 5)
Last update: 22 janv. 2025 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
Fantale volcano's caldera
Fantale volcano's caldera

Fantale (also spelled Fantalle, Fentale, or Fantala) is a large stratovolcano in the Ethiopian Rift Valley west of Lake Awash. It contains a large spectacular summit caldera.
Fantale's historic eruptions produced lava flows that descended to the east side into the valley and lake Awash. An eruption during the 13th century destroyed a town and church located south of the volcano. In 1820, a 4 km long fissure eruption occured on the east flank and sent basaltic lava flows both into the caldera and outside, reaching the bottom of the Rift valley.

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Style éruptif tipique: Explosive and effusive.
Eruptions du volcan Fantale: 1820 (?), 1250 (+-50y)

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Introduction

Fantale is known for welded ash flows thought to correspond to violent eruptions that were followed by the formation of its 2.5 x 4.5 km summit caldera surrounded by steep walls up to 500 m high. The volcano was built on a WNW-ESE-trending orientation perpendicular to the axis of Ethiopian Rift and flank vents exist on the same line.

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Éruptions volcaniques importantes: volcano Fantale

In the past 10,000 years, Fantale has had at least 2 confirmed eruptions, all documented by historical records or observations.
The table below lists all known eruptions (date in bold face) of Fantale volcano in historic times and during the past 10,000 years. Updates on the most recent volcanic activity of Fantale can be found on the news page of Fantale volcano.
DateNoteVEIMortsDommages
1820 ?Caldera floor and SW flank
Obs./docs historiques
?
inconnu
1250 AD
(éruption 1250 ±50 y. AD)
Obs./docs historiques
0
léger
1250 ±50 y. AD
Obs./docs historiques
?
inconnu
Remark:
Our list of volcanic eruptions closely follows the database of eruptions of the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project (GVP), the internationally most recognized data source for volcanic eruptions, but also includes significant eruptive episodes or related volcano events. "Volcanic eruptions" are usually to be understood as sequences of individual eruptive episodes that can follow each other, or even overlap (if several vents are involved), and can last many years, decades or even longer. For example, the current activity of Stromboli volcano is understood as a single eruption that has been ongoing since 1934.
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K | Global Volcanism Project / Smithsonian Institution

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Fantale Volcan Cartes

Below is a selection of maps showing the location and surroundings of the volcano at various resolutions based on aerial-imagery / terrain maps. Feel free to use them for non-commercial purposes on your blog or website as long as you credit them with a link back to this page (click to copy it).
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of few kilometers)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Fantale volcano (scale of few kilometers)
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Fentale volcano (Ethiopia) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 15 January-21 January 2025 (New Activity / Unrest)

Satellite data analysis by the MIROVA team indicated that thermal anomalies over Fentale crater were visible during 13-14 January and progressively increased in size at least through 0020 on 21 January (local time). No cause of these anomalies has been identified. A visible satellite image showed a possible gas plume over the crater. ... Tout lire
mer., 8 janv. 2025, 15:00

Fentale (Ethiopia) volcano - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 1 January-7 January 2025 (New Activity / Unrest)

Seismicity and deformation data acquired from satellite radar images indicated that a magmatic intrusion began in late September 2024 in the Afar Region between the Fentale caldera and Dofen volcano. Interferograms, which show upward and downward land movement using sequenced satellite radar data, indicated that a magmatic intrusion aligned along the central to northern part of an axis connecting these two locations began in late September 2024, according to the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET). Many felt earthquakes M 4 and above were associated with the intrusion. ... Tout lire

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