Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale;/ˈərtəˈeɪl/ Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle (a barren desert region straddling Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea). The volcano is located in the Danakil Depression, an area on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea that is below sea level. It is the most active of the volcanoes in Ethiopia.[3]
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ErtaAle (or Ertale or Irta'ale; /ˈərtə ˈeɪl/ Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia...
ErtaAle Range is the most important axial volcanic chain of the Afar Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active...
lakes occur in a variety of volcanic systems, ranging from the basaltic ErtaAle lake in Ethiopia and the basaltic andesite volcano of Villarrica, Chile...
Barrier (Kenya) Bottom half of Mount Erebus (Ross Dependency, Antarctica) ErtaAle (Ethiopia) Bottom half of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) Mount Wrangell (Alaska)...
the southern end of the Danakil Depression. The other active volcano, ErtaAle, is one of several crater lakes of lava bubbling from the Earth's mantle...
pāhoehoe lava fountain on Kīlauea erupts A lava lake in the caldera of ErtaAle, an active shield volcano in Ethiopia Pāhoehoe flows enter the Pacific...
examples of EAR volcanism include ErtaAle, Dalaffilla (also called Gabuli, Alu-Dalafilla), and Ol Doinyo Lengai. ErtaAle is a basaltic shield volcano in...
clinics, increasing the total for the region to 111. Afar Depression, ErtaAle active volcano, Awash National Park, Yangudi Rassa National Park, Hadar...
and a volcanic eruption occurred within the Afar rift at the Dabbahu and ErtaAle volcanoes. Some 2.5 cubic kilometers of molten rock was injected from below...
Ale Bagu is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the highest volcano of ErtaAle Range. The village of El Dom sits at the base...
responsibility for a January 16, 2012 attack on a group of tourists at ErtaAle in which five were killed, some taken as hostages and others wounded. In...
Nyiragongo and its neighbor, Nyamuragira, are Africa's most active volcanoes. ErtaAle, in the Afar Triangle, has maintained a lava lake since at least 1906....
Triangle (Afar Depression), a highly active volcanic region which includes ErtaAle. An eruption on September 26, 2005 created a large fissure in the ground...
being Lake Afrera), it lies 120 m (394 ft) below sea level. The volcano ErtaAle rises southeast of this lake. Werner Munzinger, who traveled through the...
permanent lakes of lava exist. These include: Mount Erebus, Antarctica ErtaAle, Ethiopia Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo Ambrym, Vanuatu. Lava...
desert and was lowered 60 ft (18 m) into the smoking crater of the active ErtaAle volcano. He spent a half hour filming on top of the freshly hardened surface...
contains many active volcanoes, including the Maraho, Dabbahu, Afdera and ErtaAle. In 1974, anthropologists discovered an Australopithecus afarensis body...
Gada Ale is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the most prominent volcano at the northern end of the ErtaAle Range. List of...
contains many active volcanoes, including the Maraho, Dabbahu, Afdera and ErtaAle. In Somalia, there is not much seasonal variation in climate. Hot conditions...
Entoto • Mount Erer • ErtaAle Range • Ethiopian Highlands Mount Fentale • Mount Amba Ferit • Mount Fota • Mount Furi Gada Ale • Mount Gara Muleta • Mount...
overflowing nor sinking to drain away. Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica ErtaAle, Afar Region, Ethiopia Mount Nyiragongo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic...
in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is the southernmost volcano of the ErtaAle Range. List of volcanoes in Ethiopia "Hayli Gubbi". Global Volcanism Program...
in the Danakil Alps are estimated to be up to β = ~2.5. Danakil Desert ErtaAle Range "Ethiopian (Danakhil) Potash Project, Afar, Ethiopia". mining-technology...
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