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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 .

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
Country
Djibouti
Elevation
298
Material used
rhyolite
Image
Ardoukoba.jpg
Significant event
volcanic eruption
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Commons category
Ardoukôba
mountain range
Great Rift Valley
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Encyclopedic overview

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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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