GVP volcano 221080 · no holder yet
Erta Ale
Erta Ale is a 585 m shield volcano in Ethiopia, erupting as recently as 2025.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 585 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 2025
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1967
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 13.60°N 40.67°E · Ethiopia
- Region
- Afar Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 221080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).