Nabro

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Nabro
Nabro Volcano ash cloud 2011-06-13, Eritrea.jpg
height 2218  m
location Debubawi Kayih Bahri , Eritrea
Coordinates 13 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 13 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E
Nabro (Eritrea)
Nabro
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption June 13, 2011
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The Nabro is a 2218 meter high stratovolcano in Eritrea on the Red Sea . It is the highest volcano in the geologically active Danakil Desert , which borders Ethiopia and belongs to the Afar Triangle , which in turn is part of the East African Rift .

The Nabro forms a double caldera system in which one caldera has a diameter of five kilometers and the other a diameter of eight kilometers. Rhyolithic lava domes and basaltic lava flows have been discovered in the craters .

The volcano erupted in mid-June 2011, ending a period of rest of unknown duration.

Volcanic activity

In the course of a series of earthquakes, some of which reached a magnitude of 5.7, an eruption occurred on the morning of June 13, 2011 at around 01:00 CEST, which was first attributed to the nearby Dubbi . Air traffic in East Africa was affected by the ash cloud .

The area in which the Nabro is located is a sparsely populated border area between Ethiopia and Eritrea ; a road near the volcano is considered unsafe. Initially, nothing was known about major consequences of the damage.

Web links

Commons : Nabro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. telegraph.co.uk:Volcano eruption in Eritrea cuts short Hillary Clinton visit
  2. The volcanism blog: Nabro volcano erupts.
  3. Ash Warning from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center
  4. ^ Ash cloud over East Africa: Experts accuse false volcano in Spiegel Online , June 14, 2011 (accessed June 15, 2011).