GVP volcano 225030 · no holder yet
Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is a 3,042 m volcanic field in Sudan, last erupted around 2000 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 3,042 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2000 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 2000 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 12.95°N 24.27°E · Sudan
- Region
- Southeast Sahara Volcanic Province, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 225030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).