Mousa Ali
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stratovolcano located on the tri-point borders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti
Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,021 m (6,631 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,607 m (5,272 ft)
- Listing
- The highest point in Djibouti , Ultra , Ribu
- Native name
- موسى علي ( Arabic )
- Countries
- Djibouti , Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Regions
- Tadjourah Region , Afar Region and Southern Red Sea Region
- Parent range
- Denakil
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Last eruption
- Holocene
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Part of
- Great Rift Valley
- Country
- Eritrea
- Located in
- Awsi Rasu
- Elevation
- 2028
- Material used
- rhyolite
- Image
- Gufa volcanic field.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 1607
- Commons category
- Mousa Ali
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Encyclopedic overview
Mousa Ali (Arabic: موسى علي, French: Mousa Alli, Italian: Moussa Ali) is a 2,021 metres (6,631 ft) stratovolcano located on the tri-point of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. The volcano is the highest point in Djibouti. The volcano's summit is truncated by a caldera, which contains rhyolitic lava domes and lava flows. The last known eruption occurred before the Holocene epoch.
Mousa Ali is situated at the tri-point of the Tadjourah Region of Djibouti, the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mousa Ali” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.