Mousa Ali

Mousa Ali is a 2,021 metres stratovolcano located on the tri-point of , and . The volcano is the highest point in Djibouti. The volcano's summit is truncated by a caldera, which contains rhyolitic lava domes and lava flows.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,021 metres
  • Description: stratovolcano located on the tri-point borders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti
  • Also known as: Monte Mussalli”, “Mount Mussalli”, “Mousa Ali Volcano”, and “Musaāli

Mousa Ali

Latitude
12.46881° or 12° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude
42.40421° or 42° 24′ 15″ east
Elevation
2,021 metres (6,631 feet)
Open location code
7H44FC93+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5298953388
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
221593
Wiki­data ID
Q1951029
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Venetian—“Mousa Ali” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Муса-Али
  • Arabic: موسى علي
  • Basque: Mousa Ali
  • Basque: Mousa Alli
  • Basque: Moussa ‘Ali
  • Basque: Moussa Ali
  • Basque: Moussa Alli
  • Basque: Musa Ali
  • Basque: Musa‘ Ali-Ale
  • Basque: Musa‘ Qali-Qale
  • Basque: Mussa Ali
  • Bosnian: Musa Ali
  • Catalan: Mousa Alli
  • Cebuano: Musa Ālī Terara
  • Chinese: 穆薩阿里山
  • Chinese: 阿里山 (非洲)
  • Chinese: 阿里山
  • Croatian: Mousa Ali
  • Czech: Moussa Ali
  • Czech: Nejvyšší hora Džibutska
  • Danish: Mousa Ali
  • Dutch: Mousa Ali
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل موسى على
  • Finnish: Moussa Ali
  • French: Mousa Ali
  • French: Mousa Alli
  • French: Moussa ‘Ali
  • French: Moussa Alli
  • French: Musa Ali
  • French: Mussa Ali
  • French: Mussa-Ali
  • Georgian: მუსა-ალი
  • German: Mousa Ali
  • German: Mousa Alli
  • German: Musa Ali
  • Italian: Moussa Ali
  • Japanese: ムーサ・アリ山
  • Ladin: Mousa Ali
  • Lithuanian: Musa Ali
  • Macedonian: Муса Али
  • Moroccan Arabic: جبل موسى علي
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mousa Ali
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mousa Ali
  • Norwegian: Mousa Ali
  • Occitan (post 1500): Mousa Ali
  • Persian: موسی علی (کوه)
  • Persian: موسی علی
  • Polish: Musa Ali
  • Portuguese: Mousa Ali
  • Russian: Муса-Али (вулкан)
  • Russian: Муса-Али
  • Scots: Mousa Ali
  • Slovak: Mousâ ‘Alli
  • Slovak: Mousa Alli
  • Slovak: Musa Ali Tärara
  • Slovak: Musa Ali Terara
  • Spanish: Mousa Ali
  • Spanish: Moussa Ali
  • Swahili: Mousa Ali Volcano
  • Swahili: Mousa Ali
  • Swedish: Musa Ālī Terara
  • Tatar: Муса Гали янартавы
  • Venetian: Moussa Ali
  • Mousa Ali

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