GVP volcano 231060 · no holder yet
Harrat Khaybar
Harrat Khaybar is a 2,093 m volcanic field in Saudi Arabia, last erupted in 650 CE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,093 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 650 CE
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 650 CE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 25.50°N 40.00°E · Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Western Arabia Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 231060
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).