List of volcanoes in Ethiopia
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
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| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Adwa Adwa (volcano) Adwa is a stratovolcano in Ethiopia, located in the southern Afar region and has a 4 by 5 km caldera.... |
1733 | - | 10.07°N 40.84°E | 1928 |
| Afdera Afdera (volcano) Afdera is an isolated stratovolcano in northeastern Ethiopia, located at the intersection of three fault systems between the Erta Ale, Tat Ali, and Alayta mountain ranges.... |
1295 | 5686 | 13.08°N 40.85°E | Holocene |
| Alayta Mount Alayta Mount Alayta is a shield volcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afar Triangle , a highly active volcanic region which includes the adjacent Mount Afdera, this volcano covers an area of 2700 square kilometers southwest of Lake Afrera... |
1501 | 4924 | 12.88°N 41.57°E | 1915 |
| Ale Bagu Ale Bagu Ale Bagu is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the highest volcano of Erta Ale Range. The village of El Dom sits at the base of Ale Bagu.... |
1031 | 3883 | 13.52°N 40.63°E | Holocene |
| Alu | 429 | 1407 | 13.82°N 40.56°E | |
| Alutu | 2335 | 7661 | 7.77°N 38.78°E | 50 BC |
| Amoissa | 1733 | 5684 | 10.069°N 40.837°E | |
| Asavyo Asavyo Asavyo also known as Bara Ale is a large silicic stratovolcano in Ethiopia, which forms part of the Bidu Volcanic complex. It lies about 20km southwest from the Nabro and Mallahle volcanoes. Asavyo has a 12km wide caldera.... |
1200 | 3937 | 13.07°N 41.60°E | Holocene |
| Asmara (volcano) | 500 | - | 11.27°N 41.52°E | Holocene |
| Ayalu Mount Ayalu Mount Ayalu is an isolated, rhyolitic stratovolcano in eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, near the eastern bank of the Awash River, this mountain has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 2145 meters.The Argobba have a tradition that after landing... |
2145 | 7037 | 10.08°N 40.70°E | 1928 |
| Beru | 1100 | 3609 | 8.95°N 39.75°E | Holocene |
| Bilate River Field | 1700 | 5577 | 7.07°N 38.10°E | Holocene |
| Bishoftu Volcanic Field | 1850 | 6069 | 8.78°N 38.98°E | Holocene |
| Bora-Bericcio | 2285 | 7497 | 8.27°N 39.03°E | Holocene |
| Borale Ale | 668 | 2192 | 13.725°N 40.60°E | Holocene |
| Borawli Borawli Borawli is a stratovolcano with lava domes, located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It lies above the eastern shore of Lake Afrera.... |
812 | 2664 | 13.30°N 40.98°E | Holocene |
| Boset-Bericha | 2447 | 8028 | 8.558°N 39.475°E | Holocene |
| Butajiri-Silti Field | 2281 | 7484 | 8.05°N 38.35°E | |
| Chiracha | 1650 | 5413 | 6.65°N 38.12°E | Holocene |
| Corbetti Caldera | 2320 | 7611 | 7.18°N 38.43°E | |
| Dabbahu Dabbahu Volcano Dabbahu Volcano is a volcano located in the remote Afar Region of Ethiopia. This stratovolcano is part of the Afar Triangle , a highly active volcanic region which includes Erta Ale... |
1442 | 4731 | 12.60°N 40.48°E | 2005 |
| Dabbayra | 1302 | 4272 | 12.38°N 40.07°E | Holocene |
| Dalaffilla Dalaffilla Dalaffilla, also called Gabuli, is a high stratovolcano in Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Gulina. The only recorded eruption of Dalaffilla occurred in 2008 when lava flows from its western and northwestern flanks traveled to the northeast.... |
613 | 2011 | 13.7920°N 40.5500°E | 2008 |
| Dallol Dallol (volcano) Dallol is a volcanic explosion crater in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It has been formed by the intrusion of basaltic magma in Miocene salt deposits and subsequent hydrothermal activity. Phreatic eruptions take place here, the last known one in 1926,... |
-48 | -157 | 14.24°N 40.30°E | 1926 |
| Dama Ali | 1068 | 3504 | 11.28°N 41.63°E | 1631 |
| Dendi Mount Dendi Mount Dendi is a volcano located near the city of Addis Abeba, in Ethiopia.It has a 8 km wide caldera its highest point is Mount Bodi, it has a lake which is called after its same name.... |
3260 | 10,692 | 9.0°N 38.0°E | |
| Dofen | 1151 | 3776 | 9.35°N 40.13°E | Holocene |
| East Zway | 1889 | 6097 | 7.95°N 38.93°E | |
| Erta Ale Erta Ale Erta Ale is a continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, the most active volcano in Ethiopia. It is in the Afar Depression, a badlands desert area spanning the border with Eritrea, and the volcano itself is surrounded completely by an area below sea... |
613 | 2011 | 13.60°N 40.67°E | 1967 to present |
| Mount Fentale Mount Fentale Fentale is a stratovolcano located in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Fentale woreda.Philip Briggs describes Mount Fentale being crowned by a 350 meter deep crater... |
2007 | 6585 | 8.97°N 39.93°E | 1820 |
| Gabillema | 1459 | 4787 | 11.08°N 41.27°E | Holocene |
| Gada Ale Gada Ale Gada Ale is a stratovolcano located in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. It is the most prominent volcano at the northern end of the Erta Ale Range.... |
287 | 942 | 13.975°N 40.408°E | Holocene |
| Gariboldi Caldera | 1619 | - | 8.80°N 39.69°E | |
| Gedamsa Caldera | 1984 | 6509 | 8.35°N 39.18°E | Holocene |
| Groppo | 930 | 3051 | 11.73°N 40.25°E | Holocene |
| Hayli Gubbi Hayli Gubbi Hayli Gubbi is a shield volcano located in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range.... |
521 | 1709 | 13.50°N 40.72°E | Holocene |
| Hertali Hertali Hertali is a fissure vent in Ethiopia. The fissure vent was believed to have been active through the late Pleistocene to Holocene.... |
900 | 2953 | 9.78°N 40.33°E | Holocene |
| Hobicha Caldera | 1800 | 5905 | 6.78°N 37.83°E | Holocene |
| Kone | 1619 | 5312 | 8.8°N 39.69°E | 1820 |
| Korath Range | 912 | 2992 | 5.10°N 35.88°E | Holocene |
| Kurub | 625 | 2051 | 11.88°N 41.208°E | Holocene |
| Liado Hayk | 878 | 2881 | 9.57°N 40.28°E | Holocene |
| Ma Alalta | 1815 | 5955 | 13.02°N 40.20°E | Holocene |
| Mallahle Mallahle Mallahle is a stratovolcano on the border of Ethiopia and Eritrea, with a 6km wide caldera It is the highest peak in the Afdera region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Danakil Horst at the southern end of the Danakil Alps It makes up part of the Bidu volcanic complex .... |
1875 | 6152 | 13.27°N 41.65°E | Holocene |
| Manda Hararo | 600 | 1968 | 12.17°N 40.82°E | 2007 |
| Manda-Inakir Manda-Inakir Manda-Inakir is a system of fissure vents and cinder cones located along the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It last erupted in 1928 and produced a cinder cone called Kammourta.... |
600 | 1968 | 12.38°N 42.20°E | 1928 |
| Mat Ala | 523 | 1716 | 13.10°N 41.15°E | Holocene |
| Mega Basalt Field | 1067 | 3501 | 4.08°N 37.42°E | Holocene |
| O'a Caldera O'a Caldera The O'a Caldera is a volcanic caldera in Ethiopia, also known as Shala. The caldera has 3 lakes, Lake Shala, Lake Abijatta and a small volcanic Maar called lake Chitu. With subfeatures including Mount Fike and Mount Billa .... |
2075 | 6808 | 7.47°N 38.58°E | |
| Sabober | - | - | 8.97°N 39.93°E | |
| Lake Shala Lake Shala Lake Shala lies in Ethiopia south of Addis Ababa, in the Abijatta-Shalla National Park. The lake is 28 kilometers long and 12 wide, with a surface area of 329 square kilometers. It has a maximum depth of 266 meters and is at an elevation of 1,558 meters... |
2075 | 6806 | 7.47°N 38.55°E | |
| Sodore | 1765 | 5791 | 8.43°N 39.35°E | Holocene |
| Sork Ale Sork Ale The Sork Ale Volcano is a sicilic stratovolcano located in the Danakil Horst at the southern end of the Danakil Alps near the Ethiopia/Eritrea border. It makes up part of the Bidu volcanic complex .The volcano has scoria cones suggesting Strombolian eruptions... |
1611 | 5285 | 13.18°N 41.725°E | Holocene |
| Tat Ali Tat Ali Tat Ali is a low Holocene shield volcano located in the northern part of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. This elevation is characterized as having an elongated summit depression that has produced a variety of rock types, ranging from basalts to pantellerites. NNW-SSE-trending fissures cutting the... |
700 | 2297 | 13.28°N 41.07°E | Holocene |
| Teppi | 2728 | 8950 | 7.42°N 35.43°E | Holocene |
| Tosa Sucha | 1650 | 5413 | 5.92°N 37.57°E | Holocene |
| Tullu Moje | 2349 | 7707 | 8.15°N 39.13°E | 1900 |
| Wonchi | 3450 | 11,316 | 9.0°N 38.0°E | |
| Mount Yangudi | 1383 | 4537 | 10.58°N 41.042°E | Holocene |
| Mount Zuqualla Mount Zuqualla Mount Zuqualla is an extinct volcano in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Situated in Ada'a Chukala woreda of the Misraq Shewa Zone, it rises from the plain 30 kilometers south of Debre Zeyit... |
2800 | 9184 | 8.32°N 38.52°E | |