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Country: | Ethiopia | |
| Subregion Name: | Northeastern Africa | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0201-06= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Fissure vents | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 429 m | 1,407 feet | |
| Latitude: | 13.825°N | 13°49'30"N | |
| Longitude: | 40.508°E | 40°30'30"E | |
| The summit region of Alu volcano, lying immediately NW of conical Dalaffilla volcano, is an ellipsoidal volcanic horst, elongated in a NNW-SSE direction, and formed primarily of older basaltic lava flows. Very recent fractures along the axis of the Erta Ale range cut the main volcanic horst of Alu and areas to the SSE. Major fumarolic activity is located on the numerous parallel faults, some of which have uplifts of 100 m. Fissure vents west of the horst have fed silicic lava flows, and voluminous youthful basaltic lava flows to the east extend north as far as Lake Bakili. | |||
