Gada ale
| Gada ale | ||
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| height | 287 m | |
| location | Ethiopia , East Africa | |
| Coordinates | 13 ° 58 '30 " N , 40 ° 24' 30" E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| rock | basalt | |
| Last eruption | unknown | |
Gada Ale (also Kebrit Ale ) is a 287 meter high basalt volcano in Ethiopia . It rises from the Koba Depression ( 115 m below sea level ), in the Afar Triangle , in the Afar region .
The stratovolcano is located around three kilometers south of the north shore of Lake Karum and forms the northern end of the Erta Ale volcano chain, a volcanic chain 13 kilometers wide at this point with the well-known Erta Ale volcano , which is still active in contrast to Gada Ale. The crater has a diameter of 350 meters and is 100 meters deep from the summit.
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- Gada Ale in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Description at VolcanoLive