GVP volcano 225005 · no holder yet
Atakor Volcanic Field
Atakor Volcanic Field is a 2,918 m volcanic field in Algeria, with no dated eruption on record.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,918 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- no dated eruption
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 0 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 23.33°N 5.83°E · Algeria
- Region
- West Central Sahara Volcanic Province, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 225005
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).