Mega Basalt Field
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volcano, basalt, volcanic plateau
The Mega Basalt field, straddling the Ethiopia-Kenya border, is referred to in Kenya as the Dukana volcanic field.
The 1.8-km-wide Gof Dukana basaltic maar is surrounded by ejecta containing abundant basement igneous and metamorphic rocks. About 50 pyroclastic cones with associated lava flows rise to about 150 m above the lava platform in northern Kenya.
Summit Elevation 1067 m.
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The 1.8-km-wide Gof Dukana basaltic maar is surrounded by ejecta containing abundant basement igneous and metamorphic rocks. About 50 pyroclastic cones with associated lava flows rise to about 150 m above the lava platform in northern Kenya.
Summit Elevation 1067 m.
www.volcanolive.com/mega.html
Wikipedia article: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukana
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Coordinates: 4°4'6"N 37°32'26"E
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