Kutum

Kutum
height	1779 m
location	Sudan
Coordinates	14 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ N , 25 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 14 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ N , 25 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E
rock	Basalt and Picrobasalt

The Kutumfeld is a volcanic field in the north of the Darfur region in western Sudan .

The Kutumfeld, which consists of basalt cones, is located to the west of the larger Meidobfeld. Like other volcanic fields in the Sahara , the Kut area consists of very well-preserved cones, block lava and craters that are likely to date from the Late Pleistocene or Holocene . Stones from the Tertiary from the Tagabo field were found .

30,569 people live within a radius of 30 km from the volcano.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Global Volcanism Program | Kutum Volcanic Field. Retrieved May 18, 2018 .
^ G. Franz, C. Breitkreuz, DA Coyle, Bushra El Hur, W. Heinrich, H. Paulick, D. Pudlo, R. Smith, G. Steiner: The alkaline Meidob volcanic field (Late Cenozoic, northwest Sudan) . In: J African Earth Sci . tape 25 , no. 2 , August 1997, p. 263-291 .

[:0-1] Global Volcanism Program | Kutum Volcanic Field. Retrieved May 18, 2018 .

[2] G. Franz, C. Breitkreuz, DA Coyle, Bushra El Hur, W. Heinrich, H. Paulick, D. Pudlo, R. Smith, G. Steiner: The alkaline Meidob volcanic field (Late Cenozoic, northwest Sudan) . In: J African Earth Sci . tape 25 , no. 2 , August 1997, p. 263-291 .