Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression is a desert area in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, north of the Great Rift Valley that is widely known locally as the Dallol depression.
- Type: Rock with an elevation of -102 metres
- Description: geological depression, northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Danakil-depresjonen”, “Danakil-depressionen”, “Danakil-senkinga”, “Danakildepresjonen”, “Danakildepressionen”, “Danakilių įduba”, “Danakilsenke”, “Dancalie”, “Denakil-depressionen”, “Denakildepressionen”, “Dépression Danakil”, “Dépression de Dancalie”, “Данакил”, and “达纳基勒窪地”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dallol.
Dallol
Volcano
Dallol is a terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It is known for its unearthly colors and mineral patterns, and the very acidic fluids, commonly noted as some of the most acidic on Earth, that discharge from its hydrothermal springs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dallol.
Dallol
Locality
Dallol is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about 130 metres below sea level.
Danakil Depression
- Categories: depression, endorheic basin, and landform
- Location: Afar Region, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.242° or 14° 14′ 31″ north
Longitude
40.2991° or 40° 17′ 57″ east
Elevation
-102 metres (-335 feet)
Open location code
7H6267RX+QJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=volcanic relic
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Danakil Depression” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منخفض داناكل”
- Armenian: “Դանակիլ իջվածք”
- Catalan: “Depressió de Danakil”
- Cebuano: “Danakil Depression”
- Chinese: “达纳基勒洼地”
- Chinese: “達納基勒窪地”
- Croatian: “Danakilska depresija”
- Czech: “Danakilská proláklina”
- Dutch: “Danakildepressie”
- Finnish: “Danakilin syvänkö”
- French: “dépression de Danakil”
- French: “Dépression de Danakil”
- Galician: “Depresión de Danakil”
- German: “Danakil-Depression”
- German: “Danakil-Senke”
- Greek: “Βύθισμα Ντανακίλ”
- Hebrew: “שקע דנקיל”
- Hindi: “दनाकिल डिप्रेसन”
- Hungarian: “Danakil-mélyföld”
- Italian: “Dancalia”
- Japanese: “ダナキル低地”
- Javanese: “Ledhokan Danakil”
- Lithuanian: “Danakilių Somalis”
- Macedonian: “Данакилска Котлина”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Danakilsenkinga”
- Polish: “depresja Danakilska”
- Polish: “Kotlina Danakilska”
- Portuguese: “Depressão de Danakil”
- Romanian: “Depresiunea Danakil”
- Russian: “Данакиль”
- Russian: “Данакильская котловина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Danakilska depresija”
- Slovak: “Danakilská preliačina”
- Slovenian: “Danakilska depresija”
- Spanish: “Depresión de Danakil”
- Swedish: “Danakilsänkan”
- Thai: “แอ่งดานาคิล”
- Turkish: “Danakil Çöküntüsü”
- Turkish: “Danakil Depresyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Данакіль”
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