GVP volcano 231070 · no holder yet
Harrat Rahat
Harrat Rahat is a 1,744 m volcanic field in Saudi Arabia, last erupted in 1256.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,744 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1256
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1256
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 23.08°N 39.78°E · Saudi Arabia
- Region
- Western Arabia Volcanic Province, Arabia-Central Asia Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 231070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).