Deriba

Deriba is a Pleistocene or Holocene caldera in , . Part of the volcanoes of the Marra Mountains, it lies on the Darfur dome and like the and Meidob Hills volcanism may be the product of a mantle plume.
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  • Crater lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 3,042 metres (9,980 feet)
  • Description: mountain in Sudan
  • Also known as
    “Deriba Caldera”
    “Deriba Lakes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jebel Marra.
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Volcano
The Marrah Mountains or Marra Mountains are a range… is situated 4 km southwest of Deriba.
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Latitude
12.95617° or 12° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
24.26678° or 24° 16′ 0″ east
Open location code
7G46X748+FP
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Swahili—“Deriba” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Дериба”
  • Arabic: “كالديرا دريبا”
  • Basque: “Deriba Caldera”
  • Catalan: “Deriba”
  • Croatian: “Deriba”
  • Czech: “Deriba”
  • Dutch: “Deriba”
  • French: “Lac Marra Deriba”
  • German: “Deriba-Caldera”
  • Hungarian: “Deriba-kráter”
  • Italian: “Deriba Caldera”
  • Japanese: “Deribaカルデラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Deribos kaldera”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كالديرا دريبا”
  • Persian: “دریبا (کالدرا)”
  • Persian: “دریبا”
  • Polish: “Deriba Caldera”
  • Portuguese: “Deriba”
  • Scots: “Deriba (caldera)”
  • Slovak: “Dariba”
  • Spanish: “Deriba”
  • Swahili: “Deriba Caldera”

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