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 …

Erta Ale is one of the few volcanoes on the world that have an almost persistent lava lake. It is an isolated basaltic shield volcano, 50 km wide, rising more than 600 m from below sea level in the …

Erta Ale in Ethiopia has a 50-km-wide edifice that rises more than 600 m from below sea level in the Danakil depression. The summit caldera is 0.7 x 1.6 km and contains at least two pit craters (North …

Erta Ale (meaning ‘Smoking Mountain’ in the Afar language) is Ethiopia’s most active volcano and contains one of just six active lava lakes on Earth. Sitting in the Danakil Depression under 40°C …

Erta Ale is a shield volcano in the Afar region of East Africa. Erta Ale is a remote and rarely visited volcano that is known currently to have an active lava lake in its summit crater.

Dec 4, 2023 · Erta Ale is located in this rift zone and is Ethiopia’s most active volcano. The volcano is known as the “smoking mountain” and the “gateway to hell” in the Afar language. A lava lake in its …

Erta Ale is a remote basaltic shield volcano in the Danakil Depression, part of the Erta Ale Range. It features a 1.6 × 0.7 km summit caldera historically famous for persistent lava lakes (one of the …