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Alayta

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  • Country
  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 12.888°N
  • 40.573°E

  • 1,496 m
    4,908 ft

  • 221112
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Alayta.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Alayta.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Alayta.

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 2 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

1915 Confirmed Eruption VEI: 2

Episode 1 | Eruption
1915 - Unknown Evidence from Observations: Reported

List of 2 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
1915    - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)

1907 Jun - 1907 Aug 4 (in or after) Confirmed Eruption VEI: 2

Episode 1 | Eruption SE flank
1907 Jun - 1907 Aug 4 (in or after) Evidence from Observations: Reported

List of 6 Events for Episode 1 at SE flank

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Lava flow
   - - - -    - - - - Earthquakes (undefined)
   - - - -    - - - - Property Damage
1907    - - - - Fatalities
1907 Jun    - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Alayta.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Alayta.

Photo Gallery

The massive Alayta shield volcano (center) covers an area of 2,700 km2 in the western Danakil depression SW of Lake Afrera (upper right). The volcanic consists of two parts--an elongated shield volcano on the west (medium-toned) and an extensive lava field forming the dark-colored area on the eastern flank of the shield volcano. The Alayta lava field, covered by very fresh lava flows (the most recent of which was erupted in 1907), was erupted from N-S-trending fissures and laps up against the western flank of Afderà volcano (immediately SW of Lake Afrera).

NASA Space Shuttle image S-19-35, 1984 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Alayta shield volcano (left-center) covers an area of 2,700 km2 in the western Danakil depression. A series of recent craters is aligned along the NNW-trending axis. The Alayta lava field (center dark area) was erupted from N-S-trending fissures along the E side of the volcano and reaches the W flank of Afderà volcano, immediately S of Lake Guilietti (Lake Afrera) at the upper right-center.

NASA Landsat image, 1999 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology).
The Alayta shield volcano is in the center of this December 2019 Planet Labs satellite image mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 82 km across), with a series of vents along the axis and darker lava flow fields surround much of the edifice. The flows reach Afderà to the NE. Lake Afrera is in the NE corner of the image.

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

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Alayta in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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