GVP volcano 225050 · no holder yet
Meidob Volcanic Field
Meidob Volcanic Field is a 2,000 m volcanic field in Sudan, last erupted around 2950 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,000 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2950 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 3000 BCE
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.32°N 26.47°E · Sudan
- Region
- Southeast Sahara Volcanic Province, Northern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 225050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).