Erta Ale Range
Erta Ale Range is the most important axial volcanic chain of the Afar Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia. It consists mostly of shield volcanoes. The active volcano Erta Ale is a prominent feature of the range.Places of Interest
Highlights include Erta Ale and Hayli Gubbi.
Erta Ale
Volcano
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erta Ale is a continuously active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, which is itself part of the wider Afar Triangle. The volcano is located in the Danakil Depression, an area on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea that is below sea level.
Hayli Gubbi
Volcano
Hayli Gubbi is a shield volcano located in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range. Until November 2025, there was no direct record of any eruptions of this volcano, although records of eruptions in the area are limited by the remoteness of the region.
Erta Ale Range
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: volcanic chain in Ethiopia
- Category: landform
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.5581° or 13° 33′ 29″ northLongitude
40.6814° or 40° 40′ 53″ eastOpen location code
7H52HM5J+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 319175871OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q5395879
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Satellite Map
Discover Erta Ale Range from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Erta Ale Range” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سلسلة ارتا أليه”
- Arabic: “سلسلة جبال إرتا”
- Azerbaijani: “Ertale silsiləsi”
- Belarusian: “Эрта Але”
- Catalan: “serralada Erta Ale”
- Catalan: “Serralada Erta Ale”
- Chinese: “埃塔阿雷山脉”
- Chinese: “埃塔阿雷山脈”
- Chinese: “埃爾塔阿勒山脈”
- Japanese: “エトラエール山脈”
- Japanese: “エルタ・アレ山脈”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Erta Ale”
- Slovenian: “pogorje Erta Ale”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Erta Ale”
- Swahili: “Milima Erta Ale”
- Tamil: “எர்டா அலே மலைத்தொடர்”
- Turkish: “Erta Ale Sıra Dağları”
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