Dofen Volcano
Updated: Apr 1, 2025 07:20 GMT - 17 minutes ago refresh
shield volcano
Ethiopia, 9.35°N / 40.13°E 
+Local time: 7:37:46 am | Tue 1, Apr
Sunny 31.5°C / 88.7°F
Sunrise: 06:16 am
Sunset: 06:29 pm
Moonrise: 08:33 am
Moonset: 09:37 pm
Weather Outlook
Debu, Ethiopia
31.5°C / 89°F
Sunny
Wind: 14.8 km/h
Precipitation: 0 mm
Pressure: 1012 mb
Humidity: 37 %
Tue
30.5°C87°F
Wed
30.3°C87°F
Thu
30.4°C87°F
Summit height: 1151 m / 3,776 ft
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
Last update: 5 Jan 2025
Google Earth view of Dofen volcano from the NW; the rift valley with parts of Awash National park behind.
Dofen mountain is a young shield volcano at the NW end of the Awash National park in the Ethiopian Rift valley. It consists of numerous cones and lava flows along a 10 km-long axis. While most of these are relatively old and strongly eroded, a large, young lava flow less than 10,000 years old on its NW side is evidence that the volcano is active.
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Dofen volcano eruptions: unknown dates, less than 10,000 years ago
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Background
Dofen, also called Dofane, is known as the "smoking mountain." It is a 1,151-m-high shield volcano with multiple cones that rise up to 450 m above the Awash plain in the northern Main Ethiopian Rift. Numerous cinder cones, constructed along a 10-km-long, N-S-trending line, dot the flanks of the dominantly rhyolitic volcano. The northern cones are younger, have well-preserved morphologies, and display strong fumarolic activity. A major fumarole in a wide south-flank crater has precipitated large amounts of sulfur. The latest eruptions of Dofen occurred during the Holocene (WoldeGabriel 1987, pers. comm.).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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Dofen Volcano Maps
Below is a selection of maps showing the location and surroundings of the volcano at various resolutions based on aerial-imagery / terrain maps. Feel free to use them for non-commercial purposes on your blog or website as long as you credit them with a link back to this page (click to copy it).
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Dofen volcano (scale of few kilometers)
