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Hertali

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Country:Ethiopia
Subregion Name:Northeastern Africa
Volcano Number:0201-171
Volcano Type: Fissure vent
Volcano Status:Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 900? m 2,953 feet
Latitude: 9.78°N 9°47'0"N
Longitude: 40.33°E 40°20'0"E

Hertali is a basaltic fissure vent that fed lava flows at the south end of the Awash plain, about 50 km NNE of Dofen volcano. Hertali was considered by Mohr and Wood (1976) to have been active during the late Pleistocene to Holocene on the basis of its youthful-looking morphology.

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