Wikimapia is a multilingual open-content collaborative map, where anyone can create place tags and share their knowledge.

Erta Ale

Eritrea / Debub-Keih-Bahri / Edd /
 volcano, caldera, interesting place
Erta Ale ("smoking mountain" in Afar) is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale is 613 metres tall, with a lava lake, one of only five in the world, at the summit. It is notable for being the longest existing lava lake, present since the early years of the twentieth century. It is known locally and in lore as a "gateway to hell".

It is located in the Afar Depression, a desert area spanning the border with Eritrea, and the volcano itself is surrounded completely by an area below sea level.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   13°36'4"N   40°39'57"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago