Assab Volcanic Field, Eritrea

Volcanic field · 987 m (3,238 ft) · Africa-NE

Assab Volcanic Field is a volcanic field in Eritrea, 987 m (3,238 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Assab Volcanic Field on the map

Assab Volcanic Field and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Volcanic field
Elevation: 987 m (3,238 ft)
Country: Eritrea
Region: Africa-NE
Summit: 12.950° N, 42.430° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 221125

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Assab Volcanic Field Ash advisories and webcams on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.