Tepi Volcano
Updated: Apr 23, 2024 19:21 GMT -
Shield volcano 2728 m / 8,950 ft
Ethiopia, 7.42°N / 35.43°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Ethiopia, 7.42°N / 35.43°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Tepi volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
The densely forested Tepi basaltic shield volcano, morphologically unmodified in a region of high rainfall, is capped by prominent cinder cones and small craters. Three satellitic centers are located along an E-W line north of the main shield, whose 2728-m-high summit forms Ethiopia's highest Holocene volcano. Lava flows have traveled down pre-existing valleys. Tepi lies at the northern end of the Turkana rift, about 300 km west of the center of the main Ethiopian rift and was constructed along a zone of ENE-trending faults that extends in line with the Gulf of Aden. Tepi has associated active hot springs and was considered by Davidson (1983) to be of probable Holocene age.---
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Tepi Volcano Photos
Poison catepillar in the Papadayan crater (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Poison catepillar in the crater of Papadayan volcano (Photo: Tobias Schorr)