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Harras of Dhamar

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Short description: Volcanic field in Yemen
Harras of Dhamar
Highest point
Elevation3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 14°33′00″N 44°24′06″E / 14.55°N 44.40167°E / 14.55; 44.40167 
Geography
LocationDhamar Governorate
Yemen Yemen
Geology
Mountain typeVolcanic field
Last eruption1937[1]

The Harras of Dhamar is a volcanic field in Yemen.[1]


Morphology and eruption

The volcanic field extends 80 km (50 mi) to the east of Dhamar town. The field contains many stratovolcanoes, lava flows, and youthful cones. Basaltic lava flows overlie older Rhyolitic flows. The volcano is responsible for the only 20th-century eruption on the Arabian peninsula, apparently in 1937. The field is 100 km (62 mi) southeast from Yemen's capital city, Sana'a.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Neumann van Padang, Maur (1963), Catalogue of the active volcanoes and solfatara fields of Arabia and the Indian Ocean, 16, Rome: IAVCEI, pp. 1–64, OCLC 886615186 

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