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Country: | Saudi Arabia | |
| Subregion Name: | Western Arabia | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0301-001 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Volcanic field | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 1100 m | 3,609 feet | |
| Latitude: | 31.08°N * | 31°5'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 38.42°E | 38°25'0"E | |
| Al Harrah, a large basaltic volcanic field in northwestern Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border, covers an area of 15,200 sq km. The volcanic field forms the southern third of the massive Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field, which extends from Syria through Jordan into northern Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian portion of the Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field extends across a 210-km-long, roughly 75-km-wide NW-SE-trending area on the NE flanks of the Wadi Sirhan and reaches its 1100 m high point at Jabal al Amud. Activity began during the Miocene; a younger eruptive stage, at the SE end of the volcanic field, occurred during the late-Pleistocene and Holocene (Brown et al., 1984). | |||