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Melkassa Volcano — Ethiopia

Volcanic fieldType
HoloceneLast eruption
1765 mElevation
EthiopiaCountry
Melkassa
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The Melkassa (or Sodore) volcanic field is an extensive 15 x 25 km group of about 30 Pleistocene and Holocene pyroclastic cones and lava flows that covers the floor of the E side of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, around the town of Melkassa, between the Boset volcanic complex and Gedamsa caldera.

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