Ardoukoba
Sign in to saveArdoukoba () is a fissure vents volcano in Djibouti. Located on the coast from Djibouti City, its summit is situated at above sea level. It last erupted in November 1978 following an earthquake, the area having been dormant for 3,000 years. The volcano's rift is in width, and has a depth of .
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Ardoukoba
- Mountain.photo
- Ardoukoba.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 298
- Mountain.listing
- Volcanoes of Djibouti
- Mountain.country
- Djibouti
- Mountain.map
- Djibouti
- Mountain.map_size
- 300
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Fissure vent
- Mountain.last_eruption
- November 1978
- Mountain.fetchwikidata
- ALL
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Great Rift Valley
- Country
- Djibouti
- Located in
- Tadjourah Region
- Elevation
- 298
- Material used
- rhyolite
- Image
- Ardoukoba.jpg
- Significant event
- volcanic eruption
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- Ardoukôba
- mountain range
- Great Rift Valley
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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Ardoukoba () is a fissure vents volcano in Djibouti. Located on the coast from Djibouti City, its summit is situated at above sea level. It last erupted in November 1978 following an earthquake, the area having been dormant for 3,000 years. The volcano's rift is in width, and has a depth of .
The Government of Djibouti has initiated a proposal with UNESCO to declare the Lake Assal zone including the Ardoukoba volcano and its surroundings as a World Heritage Site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ardoukoba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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