GVP volcano 221190 · no holder yet
Fentale
Fentale is a 2,007 m stratovolcano in Ethiopia, last erupted in 1789.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,007 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1789
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1789
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.98°N 39.91°E · Ethiopia
- Region
- Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 221190
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).