GVP volcano 221041 · no holder yet
Dallol
Dallol is an explosion crater 48 m below sea level in Ethiopia, erupting as recently as 2011.
- Type
- Explosion crater(s) (minor (basaltic) landform)
- Summit
- 48 m below sea level
- Rock
- No Data (checked)
- Setting
- Rift zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 2011
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1926
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 14.24°N 40.30°E · Ethiopia
- Region
- Afar Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 221041
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).