Adwa
Adwa is a stratovolcano in Ethiopia, located in the western Afar Region region and has a 4 by 5 km caldera. Due to the location of the volcano near the boundary between Afar and Issa tribes, little is known about the past and present behavior of the volcano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Crater
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Ādwa Crater”, “Adwa Isate Gemora YeFelek’ebet Gudgwad”, “Ādwa Isate Gemora YeFelek’ebet Gudgwad”, “Dabita”, and “Krater Adua”
Adwa
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Adwa” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Adwa”
- Chinese: “阿杜瓦山”
- Czech: “Adwa”
- Dutch: “Adwa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ادوا”
- French: “Adoua”
- German: “Aabida”
- German: “Adwa”
- German: “Amoissa”
- German: “Dabita”
- Italian: “Adua”
- Ladin: “Adwa”
- Persian: “آدوا (آتشفشان)”
- Persian: “آدوا”
- Polish: “Adua (wulkan)”
- Polish: “Adua”
- Portuguese: “Aduá”
- Portuguese: “Adwa (vulcão)”
- Russian: “Адуа (вулкан)”
- Russian: “Адуа”
- Slovak: “Aabida”
- Slovak: “Adwa (sopka)”
- Slovak: “Adwa”
- Slovak: “Amoissa”
- Slovak: “Dabita”
- Swahili: “Mlima Adwa”
- Ukrainian: “Адва (вулкан)”
- Ukrainian: “Адва”
- Venetian: “Adua”
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