Tarso Toussidé is a nested caldera system in the Tibesti massif in Chad, seen in this November 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 44 km across). Trou au Natron is the caldera along the SE boundary, the crater to the NNE is Petit Trou/Doon Kidimi. The long, narrow lava flow to the NW is one of the more recent eruptive products.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

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Galleries: Calderas

Keywords: caldera | lava flow

Tarso Toussidé