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Ayelu

Stratovolcano · Ethiopia · 2145m

Ayelu is the westernmost and older of two volcanoes at the southern end of the Danakil depression. The vegetated volcano is cut by prominent regional faults. Hot springs occur on its W flank. Extensive young basaltic lava flows cover the flanks of Adwa volcano and overlap a sedimentary plain to the SE.
Ayelu is the westernmost and older of two volcanoes at the southern end of the Danakil depression. The vegetated volcano is cut by prominent regional faults. Hot springs occur on its W flank. Extensive young basaltic lava flows cover the flanks of Adwa volcano and overlap a sedimentary plain to the SE. · Photo: Photo by Giday Wolde-Gabriel (Los Alamos National Laboratory). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Ethiopia
Region
Eastern Africa / Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
2145m
Coordinates
10.082, 40.702
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Rhyolite
Geological summary

Ayelu is a vegetated rhyolitic stratovolcano, located south of the Asbahri plain in the southern Afar region. On its eastern side, 2145-m-high Ayelu is cut by regional faults and is overlain by ignimbrites erupted from Adwa volcano immediately to the east. It was constructed by a series of thick rhyolitic lava flows, creating a higher and steeper-sided volcano than Adwa. Hot springs are located on the western flank.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1928~1928 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 219281928192919291929

Detailed timeline

  1. 1928VEI 2Geological estimate
    1928-07-02 – Ongoing

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