Mousa Alli
| Mousa Alli | ||
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 Mousa Ali of Djibouti |
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| height | 2028 m | |
| location | Afar triangle , Eritrea / Ethiopia / Djibouti | |
| Coordinates | 12 ° 28 '4 " N , 42 ° 24' 16" E | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | in the Holocene | |
The Mousa Alli (also Mousa Ali ; Afar Mūsa'álli or Musā'álli , from Mūsa'alé-li , "Musa in his mountain") is a 2028 m high stratovolcano in the triangle of Eritrea , Ethiopia and Djibouti . In Djibouti it is the highest point in the country.
The volcano is named after Musa , the seventh Imam of the Shiites . Its peak is called the Gâgu .
Two Afar tribes live in the area . They are collectively referred to as Adrúmmi , from 'Adó Rúm-li "white like Byzantines ", which refers to their supposedly particularly light skin color.
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- Didier Morin: Mūsa'álli , in: Dictionnaire historique afar (1288-1982) , Karthala Editions 2004, ISBN 9782845864924 (p. 228f.)
- Mousa Alli in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
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