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Key facts
- Elevation
- 613 m (2,011 ft)
- Listing
- List of volcanoes in Ethiopia
- Parent range
- Erta Ale Range
- Mountain type
- Shield volcano
- Last eruption
- 2005 to 2025 and continuing
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 613
- Image
- ET Afar asv2018-01 img98 way to Ertale.jpg
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- Commons category
- Erta Ale
- native label
- ኤርታሌ
- described at URL
- www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/erta-ale
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Erta Ale (or Ertale or Irta'ale; /ˈərtə ˈeɪl/ Amharic: ኤርታሌ) is a continuously active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle (a barren desert region straddling Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea). The volcano is located in the Danakil Depression, an area on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea that is below sea level. It is composed of basalt, and it is the most active of the volcanoes in Ethiopia.
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