GVP volcano 221220 · no holder yet
Bishoftu Volcanic Field
Bishoftu Volcanic Field is a 1,850 m volcanic field in Ethiopia, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,850 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.78°N 38.98°E · Ethiopia
- Region
- Main Ethiopian Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 221220
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).