USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Africa Volcanoes and Volcanics
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Africa Volcanoes and Volcanics
-- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
-- includes
East Africa Rift ...
Erta Ale ...
Kilimanjaro ...
Mount Cameroon ...
Lake Monoun ...
Lake Nyos ...
Nyamuragira ...
Nyiragongo ...
Oku Volcanic Field ...
- Maps and Graphics
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Map [16K,InlineGIF]:
Major Volcanoes of Cameroon, West Africa
-- includes Mount Cameroon and Oku Volcanic Field
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Map [25K,InlineGIF]:
Major Volcanoes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
-- includes Nyamuragira, and Nyiragongo
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Map [25K,InlineGIF]:
Major Volcanoes of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti
-- with eruptions since 1800
-- includes
Ardoukoba,
Dallol,
Dubbi,
Erta Ale,
Fentale,
Kone,
Manda-Inakir, and
Tullu Moje Pumice Cone
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Map [25K,InlineGIF]:
Major Volcanoes of Tanzania
-- includes Kilimanjaro, Meru, and Ol Doinyo Lengai
- Items of Interest
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Ardoukoba - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Africa Volcanoes and Volcanics - Description
-- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
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Cameroon - Major Volcanoes of Cameroon, West Africa - Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Cameroon (Mount Cameroon) - Description
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Cameroon (Mount Cameroon) - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Cape Verde Islands Volcanoes and Volcanics - Menu
-- the Cape Verde Islands lie just west of the African Continental Margin
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Dallol - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Decade Volcanoes - Menu
-- includes Nyiragongo
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo - Major Volcanoes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Djibouti - Major Volcanoes of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti - Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Dubbi - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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East Africa Rift - Description
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Erta Ale - Description
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Erta Ale - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Eritrea - Major Volcanoes of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti - Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Ethiopia - Major Volcanoes of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti - Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Fentale - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
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Kilimanjaro - Description
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Kilimanjaro - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Kone - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Lava Lakes - Description
-- general information about lava lakes such as Erta Ale and Nyamuragira
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Lava Lakes - Menu
-- general information about lava lakes such as Erta Ale and Nyamuragira
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Lake Nyos CO2 Release, August 1986
-- Oku Volcanic Field, Cameroon, West Africa
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Lake Monoun CO2 Release, August 1984
-- Oku Volcanic Field, Cameroon, West Africa
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Major Volcanoes of Cameroon, West Africa - Map
-- [Map,8K,InlineGIF]
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Major Volcanoes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Major Volcanoes of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djbouti - Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Major Volcanoes of Tanzania - Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Manda-Inakir - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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Marion Island, South Africa - Description
-- Indian Ocean Volcanoes
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Marion Island, South Africa - Menu
-- Indian Ocean Menu
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Meru - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Mount Cameroon - Description
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Mount Cameroon - Location Map
-- [Map,8K,InlineGIF]
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Mount Nyamuragira - Description
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Mount Nyamuragira - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Mount Nyiragongo - Decade Volcano Menu
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Mount Nyiragongo - Description
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Mount Nyiragongo - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Nyamuragira, (Mount Nyamuragira) - Description
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Nyamuragira (Mount Nyamuragira) - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Nyiragongo (Mount Nyiragongo) - Decade Volcano Menu
-- Decade Volcanoes Menu
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Nyiragongo (Mount Nyiragongo) - Description
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Nyiragongo (Mount Nyiragongo) - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Oku Volcanic Field - Description
-- Cameroon, West Africa
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Oku Volcanic Field - Location Map
-- [Map,8K,InlineGIF]
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Ol Doinyo Lengai - Location Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Plate Tectonics - Description
-- general information about Plate Tectonics, including the East Africa Rift
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Plate Tectonics - Menu
-- general information about Plate Tectonics, including the East Africa Rift
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Tanzania - Major Volcanoes of Tanzania - Map
-- [Map,25K,InlineGIF]
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Tullu Moje - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
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VDAP - Volcano Disaster Assistance Program - Menu
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VDAP - Principal Volcanic Regions of the World and VDAP Responses 1986-2003 - Map
-- [Map,91K,InlineGIF]
-- includes Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira
-- Modified from: Ewert, et.al., 1997, USGS Fact Sheet 064-97
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Volcanic Fields - Description
-- general information about volcanic fields such as Oku Volcanic Field
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Volcanic Fields - Menu
-- general information about volcanic fields such as Oku Volcanic Field
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Volcanic Lakes and Gas Release - Description
-- general information about volcanic lakes and gas release
-- includes Lake Monoun (1984) and Lake Nyos (1986)
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Volcanic Lakes - Menu
-- general information about volcanic lakes and their hazards
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10/28/08, Lyn Topinka