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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-12577

Chiracha is a rhyolite volcano in Ethiopia with a 1.8-km-wide summit caldera, shown in this December 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). Located north of Abaya Lake, the Northern Lake Abaya Volcanic Field is to the  W. Infrastructure has been developed on the caldera floor. Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

Chiracha is a rhyolite volcano in Ethiopia with a 1.8-km-wide summit caldera, shown in this December 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). Located north of Abaya Lake, the Northern Lake Abaya Volcanic Field is to the W. Infrastructure has been developed on the caldera floor.

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

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Keywords: caldera


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