Dalaffilla
Sign in to saveDalaffilla, also called Gabuli, or Alu-Dalafilla is a high stratovolcano in Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Gulina. The only recorded eruption of Dalaffilla occurred in 2008 when lava flows from its western and northwestern flanks traveled to the northeast.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Dalaffilla
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 578
- Mountain.location
- Ethiopia
- Mountain.map
- Ethiopia
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano with Fissure vents
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 2008
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Dalaffilla, also called Gabuli, or Alu-Dalafilla is a high stratovolcano in Ethiopia. It is the highest point of Gulina. The only recorded eruption of Dalaffilla occurred in 2008 when lava flows from its western and northwestern flanks traveled to the northeast.
Dalafilla is part of the Erta Ale Volcanic Segment in the northern Afar Region of Ethiopia, which contains seven volcanoes including Erta Ale, Alu, Dalafilla and Borale Ale. It has a shallow gradient in its lower section, but the upper portion of the volcano is extremely steep.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dalaffilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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