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Liado Hayk volcano

Updated: Jul 1, 2022 18:11 GMT - Refresh

Maars 878 m / 2,881 ft
Ethiopia, 9.57°N / 40.28°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Liado Hayk volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

The Liado Hayk volcanic field (Liado Lake) consists of a dozen closely spaced maars and cinder cones with associated lava fields in the Awash plain NE of Dofen volcano. The morphology of the cones and maars suggested a late Pleistocene or Holocene age (Wood 1979, pers. comm.).
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