Ela Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 00:53 GMT -
Stratovolcano 934 m / 3064 ft
Ethiopia, 12.52°N / 41.19°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 12.52°N / 41.19°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Ela volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The Ela silicic central volcano along the southern end of the Dadar graben was constructed by rhyolitic and trachtyic lavas capped by minor basaltic volcanism. The silicic stage was dated at about 0.52 million years (Lahitte et al., 2003a, 2003b).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Ela Volcano Photos
Sulfur deposits and escaping gas from fumaroles on Vulcano volcano's La Fossa crater rim. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Lighthouse-church Virgen de Candelaria, La Frontera, sitting on a relatively young cinder cone. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Looking into one of the deep pit craters inside Bembow volcano, Ambrym (Vanuatu). The northern wall is crusted over with yellow sulfur deposits mostly from sublimation of...
Red scoria layers from lava fountains during the violent 1866 Mt Tarawera eruption in New Zealand (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)