Zukur Volcano
Updated: 29. Apr. 2024 16:12 GMT -
shield volcano 624 m / 2,047 ft
Rotes Meer (Yemen), 14.02°N / 42.75°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Rotes Meer (Yemen), 14.02°N / 42.75°E
Aktueller Status: normal / ruhend (1 von 5)
Zukur (Zugar) volcano forms the northernmost large island of the Zukur-Hanish island group in the southern Red Sea between Eritrea and Yemen.
It consists of young basaltic pahoehoe lava flows and cinder cones, but there are no known historic eruptions.
Zukur and the other islands of Greater Hanish archipelago in the Red Sea were disputed with fighting between Eritrea and Yemen in December 1995. In 1998 the Permanent Court of Arbitration determined that the most of archipelago, including Zukur Island, belonged to Yemen.
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Ausbrüche des Zukur: less than 10,000 years ago
Letzte Erdbeben in der Nähe
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Beschreibung
from: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information:The Zukur-Hanish island group, in contrast to other Red Sea islands such as Jebel at Tair or the Zubair Islands, lies in shallow waters south of the Red Sea median trough. Products of phreatic eruptions at Zukur form small islands and coastal cones. Late-stage trachytic lava domes produced viscous lava flows. Vents on Zukur are aligned along a NE-SW trend.
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