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GVP volcano 221126 · no holder yet

Ardoukoba

Ardoukoba is a 298 m fissure vent in Djibouti, last erupted in 1978.

Type
Fissure vent(s) (cluster landform)
Summit
298 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Rift zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
Last eruption
1978
Largest known
VEI 1, gentle, 1978
Eruptions
1 confirmed in the record
Where
11.58°N 42.47°E · Djibouti
Region
Afar Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 221126

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