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. |