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Tarso Toussidé

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  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 21.03°N
  • 16.45°E

  • 3,265 m
    10,712 ft

  • 225010
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Tarso Toussidé.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Tarso Toussidé.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Tarso Toussidé.

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Eruptive History

The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Tarso Toussidé. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 12,000 years ago, information might be found on the Tarso Toussidé page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).

Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Tarso Toussidé.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Tarso Toussidé.

Photo Gallery

Dark lava flows radiate from Toussidé volcano (center), the second highest peak of the Tibesti Range in Chad. N to the bottom of this Space Shuttle image. It was constructed at the W end of the large Pleistocene caldera of Yirrigue, whose scarp is seen left of Toussidé. The smaller 8-km-wide caldera of Trou au Natron cuts the SE rim of the caldera. Ehi Timi (lower center) and Ehi Sosso (left center) volcanoes are located on the flanks of the massif.

NASA Space Shuttle image S-511-42, 1985 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
A dramatic Space Shuttle image shows dark lava flows radiating from Toussidé volcano and spreading across the desert floor. Light-colored altered areas can be seen at the summit, the second highest peak of the Tibesti Range in Chad. It was constructed at the W end of the large Pleistocene caldera of Yirrigue, whose E scarp is seen right of Toussidé. The smaller 1-km-deep, 8-km-wide Trou au Natron caldera (lower right) cuts the SE rim of the caldera.

NASA Space Shuttle image STS111-367-29, 2002 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
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/).
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 Tarso Toussidé in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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