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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Boset
The Gudda and Bericha edifices comprise the Boset volcanic complex, one of the largest volcanoes within the northern Main Ethiopia Rift at 17 x 20 km in extent. The main edifices are in the lower left quarter of this November 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic with darker, younger lava flows on the flanks and to the NE at Kone (N is at the top; this image is approximately 39 km across). The Boset-Gudda) cone forms the SW potion, and the Boset-Bericha cone is NE. Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
Volcano Number:
221210
Volcano Name:
Boset
Country:
Ethiopia
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano(es)
Elevation:
2447m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
3267
Pop. within 10km:
19603
Pop. within 30km:
586318
Pop. within 100km:
7130451
Latitude:
8.558
Longitude:
39.475
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The Boset volcanic complex includes the Boset-Gudda (Great Boset) and Boset-Bericha (Little Boset) composite volcanoes rising above the floor of the Ethiopian Rift valley. Initial basaltic-to-trachytic activity at Gudda followed by rhyolitic effusive and explosive eruptions resulted in the formation of a caldera, a remnant of whose rim is found on the NW flank. Elsewhere, post-caldera activity produced very recent pantelleritic obsidian fissure-fed lava domes and flows that buried the caldera wall. Flank eruptions from fissures parallel to the rift produced voluminous pantelleritic lava flows. Bericha has produced similar very recent obsidian flows and associated pumice flows. Fissures connecting the edifices have erupted basaltic lava flows.
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