Haruj
Haruj is a large volcanic field spread across 42,000–45,000 km2 in central Libya. It is one of several volcanic fields in Libya along with Tibesti, and its origin has been attributed to the effects of geologic lineaments in the crust.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 818 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Al Haruj al Aswad”, “Al Harūj al Aswad”, “El Harug el Asued”, “Haroudj”, “Haruj al Aswad”, and “Haruj el-Aswad”
Haruj
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Al Jufrah, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Haruj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الهروج الأبيض”
- Arabic: “الهروج الأسود”
- Arabic: “الهروج السوداء”
- Arabic: “الهروج”
- Arabic: “جبال الهاروج”
- Arabic: “جبال الهروج”
- Arabic: “جبل الهروج”
- Arabic: “هروج”
- Czech: “Harúdž”
- Dutch: “Haruj”
- French: “Haruj”
- Georgian: “ჰარუჯი”
- German: “Charudsch”
- German: “Haruj”
- Hebrew: “השדה הגעשי הרוג‘”
- Hebrew: “השדה הגעשי הרוג’”
- Italian: “Haruj”
- Japanese: “ハルジュ”
- Ladin: “Charudsch”
- Lithuanian: “Harudžas”
- Persian: “هروج”
- Portuguese: “Haruj”
- Portuguese: “Haruje”
- Slovak: “Charúdž”
- Slovak: “Haruj”
- Spanish: “Haruj”
- Venetian: “Haruj”
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