Bir Borhut Volcano
Updated: May 13, 2024 10:16 GMT -
volcanic field ca. 600 m / 1,800 ft
Arabian Peninsula (World), 15.55°N / 50.63°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Arabian Peninsula (World), 15.55°N / 50.63°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
NASA Landsat7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) showing the darker lava flows of Borhut volcano south and west of the Wadi al Masilah in eastern Yemen
Bir Borhut volcano is an active, but almost unknown volcano in eastern Yemen near the Gulf of Aden. Old documents tell of volcanic activity in the 10th century, and it was reported to have still been "smoking" in 1813.
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Bir Borhut volcano eruptions: 1813 (?), 905 AD (?)
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