Dallol, Ethiopia

Explosion crater · -48 m (-157 ft) · Africa-NE

Dallol is a explosion crater in Ethiopia, -48 m (-157 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Dallol on the map

Dallol 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: Explosion crater
Elevation: -48 m (-157 ft)
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Africa-NE
Summit: 14.242° N, 40.300° E
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 221041

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 Dallol 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.