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Mount Zuqualla information


Tulluu Cuqqaalaa
Zuquala, Zikwala, Cuqqaalaa
Highest point
Elevation2,989 m (9,806 ft)[1]
ListingVolcanoes of Ethiopia
Coordinates8°33′N 38°52′E / 8.550°N 38.867°E / 8.550; 38.867
Geography
Tulluu Cuqqaalaa is located in Ethiopia
Tulluu Cuqqaalaa
Tulluu Cuqqaalaa
Oromia region, Ethiopia
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionPleistocene[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeBole International Airport in Addis Ababa and Bishoftu
Map

Mount Zuqualla (also spelled Zuquala, Zikwala or Chuqqaala) is an extinct volcano in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Situated in Ada'a Chukala woreda of the (East) Shewa Zone, it rises from the plain 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Bishoftu. With a height of 2,989 metres (9,806 ft), it is known for its crater lake, lake Dembel, an elliptical crater lake with a maximum diameter of about one kilometre, but the trail around the crater is about 6 km long.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Zikwala". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ Compiled by Bernhard Lindahl. "Local History in Ethiopia" (PDF). The Nordic Africa Institute. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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