Deriba Crater

Infobox Mountain
Name = Jebel Marra
Photo = Sudan Jebel Marra Deriba Lakes.jpg
Caption = The inner and outer craters, Deriba Crater
Elevation = convert|3042|m|ft|0
Location = Darfur, Sudan
Range = Marrah Mountains
Prominence = convert|2512|m|ft|0
Listing = Ultra
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Deriba Crater is at the highest point of Jebel Marra at an elevation of 3,042 m (9,980 ft), in Darfur in the western part of Sudan. It is between 5km and 8km in diameter across the outer crater. The inner crater is filled by a crater lake.

ee also

* Marrah Mountains (Jebel Marra)

References

* The Jebel Marra, Darfur, and Its Region: J. H. G. Lebon, V. C. Robertson. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 127, No. 1 (Mar., 1961), pp. 30-45 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(196103)127%3A1%3C30%3ATJMDAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M]

* Notes on Jebel Marra, Darfur: H. F. C. Hobbs. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 52, No. 6 (Dec., 1918), pp. 357-363 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(191812)52%3A6%3C357%3ANOJMD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y]

* Sources of Water in the North-Western Sudan: K. S. Sandford. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 85, No. 5 (May, 1935), pp. 412-431 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(193505)85%3A5%3C412%3ASOWITN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7]

*Abstract : [http://www.springerlink.com/content/x7t58hj2574j804t/]
*Tephra catalog of the world (about 26 lines down) : [http://www.edu.gunma-u.ac.jp/~hayakawa/catalog/eworld]
*Global Volcanism Program : [http://www.hrw.com/science/si-science/earth/tectonics/volcano/volcano/gazet_d.html]
*Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hotspots, and plate tectonics : [http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199254699/ch02.pdf]
*Comparing Jebel Marra with a volcanoes on Mars (Alba Patera): [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910004939_1991004939.pdf]
* (UNESCO) Fact-finding mission to Sudan, 8-20 May 2001: for an investigation of Sudan's Geothermal Resources, The Jebel Marra Area : [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001418/141825eo.pdf]
*The Culex mosquitos of the Sudan : [http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pdfs/077900-7.pdf]

External links

* Location map (small scale) : [http://www.geonomy.com/geonomy/viewHome.do?zoom=6&lat=12.95&lon=24.27&searchText=Marrah%20Mountains]
* Satellite image (large scale) : [http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=su&DG=LKSC]
* Oblique aerial photo on page 27 (large scale) : [http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199254699/ch02.pdf]