Mount Fentale

Mount Fentale
Fentale
Fentale is located in Ethiopia
Fentale
Location in Ethiopia
Elevation 2,007 m (6,585 ft)
Location
Location Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Coordinates 8°58′N 39°56′E / 8.967°N 39.933°E / 8.967; 39.933Coordinates: 8°58′N 39°56′E / 8.967°N 39.933°E / 8.967; 39.933
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1820 (?)

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. Briggs concludes that this volcano "is responsible for the bleak hundred-year-old lava flows that cross the road immediately west of Metehara, and its steam vents can sometimes be seen displaying from the surrounding plains at night."[1]

The date of these eruptions is fixed by the investigations of the early 19th century explorer William Cornwallis Harris, whom David Buxton states first encountered this volcano and its lava beds in 1842. By questioning the natives, Harris concluded that the most recent eruptions had taken place 30 years before his arrival.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 335
  2. ^ David Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), p. 131

References



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Fentale — is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Shewa Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Fentale is bordered on the south by the Arsi Zone, on the southwest by Boset, on the northwest by the Amhara Region, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Awash — Infobox Settlement official name = PAGENAME native name = imagesize = image caption = image map caption = pushpin pushpin label position =bottom pushpin mapsize = 300 pushpin map caption =Location in Ethiopia subdivision type = Country… …   Wikipedia

  • Metehara — Metehara …   Wikipedia

  • Volcanes de la Tierra — Anexo:Volcanes de la Tierra Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Contenido 1 Afganistán 2 Alemania 3 Antártica 4 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Dulecha (woreda) — Dulecha is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 3, Dulecha is bordered on the south by Awash Fentale, on the west by the Argobba special woreda, on the north by the Administrative Zone 5, and on… …   Wikipedia

  • Mille (woreda) — Mille is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the Mille River, a tributary of the Awash River, which flows through this woreda. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Mille is bordered on the south by the… …   Wikipedia

  • Dallol (woreda) — Dallol is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named for the former mining settlement of Dallol, which set the record for the hottest inhabited place on Earth, with an average temperature of 34° C. Located at the… …   Wikipedia

  • Chifra (woreda) — Chifra is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Chifra is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands and bordered on the south by Mille, on the west by the Oromia… …   Wikipedia

  • Dubti (woreda) — Dubti is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Dubti is bordered on the south by the Somali Region, on the southwest by Mille, on the west by Chifra, on the northwest by Administrative Zone 4, on …   Wikipedia

  • Amibara — is one of the 29 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 3, Amibara is bordered on the south by Awash Fentale, on the west by the Awash River which separates it from Dulecha to the southwest then on the northwest… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”