Chew Bahir Volcano
Updated: May 9, 2024 23:04 GMT -
Pyroclastic cone(s) 600 m / 1969 ft
Ethiopia, 4.47°N / 36.87°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 4.47°N / 36.87°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Chew Bahir volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
In the Chew Bahir basin along the Ethiopia-Kenya border cones of basaltic ejecta surrounded by very recent sediments. The volcanics are mapped as Quaternary (Davidson, 1983).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information