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Mousa Ali volcano, Tadjourah Region, Djiboutii
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mousa Ali volcano | Stratovolcano |
| Tadjourah Region | Region |
| Djibouti | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
12° 28' 6'' North , 42° 24' 15'' East
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Mousa Ali (Arabic: موسى علي) is a 2,021 metres (6,631 ft) stratovolcano located on the tri-point of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. The volcano is the highest point in Djibouti. The volcano's summit is truncated by a caldera, which contains rhyolitic lava domes and lava flows. The last known eruption occurred before the Holocene era.
Mousa Ali is situated at the tri-point of the Tadjourah Region of Djibouti, the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia.
The mountain has two distinct summits, the higher being the south one with an elevation of 2,021 metres. The north summit in Ethiopia has an elevation of 1,871 metres. Both summits are separated by a large caldera, about 1 km (0.71 mi) wide and 1514 metres deep. Mousa Ali, in the northern part of the Great Rift Valley region, has Eritrea on its northern flank, Ethiopia on the west, and Djibouti on the east and south. The Djiboutian town of Dorra is 36 km to the south-southeast, the Ethiopian volcano Manda-Inakir is 22 km to the southwest, and the road from the Ethiopian town of Manda to the Eritrean port of Assab is 19 km to the northwest.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sceptre Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousa_Ali |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1951029 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AfricaContinent
- Afar Triangle (Afar Depression)Depression
African Plate
- East African Rift
- Ethiopian RiftNarrow Rift
- Red Sea basinBasin
Arabian PlateTectonic Plate
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Mousa Ali volcano, Tadjourah Region, Djibouti