Borale Ale Volcano
Updated: Mar 31, 2025 07:54 GMT -
Stratovolcano
Ethiopia, 13.73°N / 40.6°E 
Summit height: 668 m / 2,192 ft
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Borale Ale volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
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Background
Borale Ale is a complex volcano located near the center of the Erta Ale Range. The earliest activity formed submarine lava flows partially covered by Quaternary reef deposits. An embryonic shield volcano is located on the SW side of the complex and is cut by curvilinear faults; youthful chains of spatter cones follow this same curvilinear pattern and form concentric semi-circles. The 668-m-high summit of the Borale Ale complex is located on the NE side of the massif and consists of a silicic stratovolcano that is the largest of the Erte Ale Range. It has produced steep-sided viscous lava flows that have traveled up to 5 km from the volcano. Strong fumarolic activity occurs within a 300-m-wide summit crater. Regional faulting has fed very recent basaltic lava flows from a NNW-trending fissure that cuts the stratovolcano.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Latest satellite images
Borale Ale Volcano Maps
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (region scale large)
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Borale Ale volcano (scale of few kilometers)
