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Erta Ale Range is the most important axial
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Afar Depression The Afar Triangle (also called the Afar Depression) is a geological depression caused by the Afar Triple Junction, which is part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The region has disclosed fossil specimens of the very earliest hominins; th ...
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Afar Region The Afar Region (; aa, Qafar Rakaakayak; am, አፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the pave ...
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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 ...
. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active volcano
Erta Ale Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is situated in the Afar Depression, a barren desert area. Erta Ale is the most active volcano ...
is a prominent feature of the range. The highest volcano of the range is Ale Bagu, with an elevation of above sea level. Other named peaks (with their elevations) include Alu (),
Dalaffilla Dalaffilla, also called Gabuli, or Alu-Dalafilla is a high stratovolcano in Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Gulina Gulina is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or ''woredas'', in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone ...
() and Borale Ale ().


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Erta Ale Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is situated in the Afar Depression, a barren desert area. Erta Ale is the most active volcano ...
is the most active in Ethiopia and rises to at its highest point. It is one of many shield volcanoes in the area and is wide with a elliptical summit containing many steep pit craters. Its perpetually active pit craters are renowned for their churning lava lakes.


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Geography of Ethiopia Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. Ethiopia has a high central plateau that varies from above sea level ...
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List of volcanoes in Ethiopia This is a list of volcanoes in Ethiopia. It includes both active and extinct vents. See also * Geography of Ethiopia * Lists of volcanoes References {{Global Volcanism Program Volcanoes Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so ...


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