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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Ash Shaam, Harrat
Snow-capped Tell Qeni is the highest point of the Jabal ad Druze volcanic field, the southernmost in Syria. It lies in the Haurun-Druze Plateau in SW Syria near the border with Jordan. The field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes active from the lower-Pleistocene to the Holocene. Anonymous photo by Wikipedia user KFZI310, 2006.
Volcano Number:
231001
Volcano Name:
Ash Shaam, Harrat
Country:
Syria-Jordan-Saudi Arabia
Volcano Type:
Volcanic field
Last Eruption:
2670 BCE
Elevation:
1100m
Tectonic Setting:
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
276996
Pop. within 10km:
276996
Pop. within 30km:
276996
Pop. within 100km:
276996
Latitude:
32.333
Longitude:
37.583
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The massive Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic province, which extends from Syria through Jordan and into northern Saudi Arabia, contains many smaller volcanic fields. Activity began during the Miocene; a younger eruptive stage, at the SE end of the field, occurred during the late-Pleistocene and Holocene (Brown et al., 1984). Al Harrah, a large basaltic volcanic field in northwestern Saudi Arabia, covers an area of 15,200 km2 and forms the southern third of the harrat across a 210-km-long, roughly 75-km-wide area. Other fields include the Jabal ad Druze, Es Safa, Golan Heights, and the Kra Lava Field where radiocarbon dating indicated an eruption at 2670 BCE ± 200 years. Although a "boiling lava lake" eruption has been in the volcanological literature since 1925, a translation of the original source of that report by Wetzstein (1860) clearly shows that he was describing solidified crater floor surface features and lava flows.
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