Sork Ale (also known as Asdaga or Sorcali) is a sicilic

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and p ...

located in the Danakil Horst at the southern end of the

Danakil Alps The Danakil Alps are a highland region in Ethiopia and Eritrea with peaks over 1000 metres in height and a width varying between 40 and 70 kilometres. The alps lie to the east of the Danakil Depression and separate it from the southern Red Sea. A r ...

near the

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

border. It makes up part of the

Bidu volcanic complex BIDU or Bidu may refer to: Places * Bidu, Dashtestan, Bushehr, Iran * Bidu, Deylam, Bushehr, Iran * Bidu, Jam, Bushehr, Iran * Bidu, Anarestan, Jam, Bushehr, Iran * Bidu, Shahr-e Babak, Kerman, Iran * Bidu, Yazd, Iran * Bidu (woreda), Ethiopia Oth ...

(with the

Nabro Volcano The Nabro Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. It is located at the south-east end of the Danakil Alps in the Danakil Depression. Before its 2011 eruption, the volcano was widely believed to be extinct. G ...

, Bara Ale and

Mallahle Mallahle (also Mallali or Aruku) is a stratovolcano on the border of Ethiopia and Eritrea, with a 6 km wide caldera. Mallahle is the highest peak in the Afdera region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Danakil Horst at the southern end of th ...

). The volcano has

scoria Scoria is a pyroclastic, highly vesicular, dark-colored volcanic rock that was ejected from a volcano as a molten blob and cooled in the air to form discrete grains or clasts.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) ' ...

cones suggesting Strombolian eruptions. At the top of the volcano is a 1 km wide 300m steep sided

caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber ...

there are

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s on the south east flank. The volcano lies on the western end of lava field.

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