Deriba
Deriba is a Pleistocene or Holocene caldera in Darfur, Sudan. Part of the volcanoes of the Marra Mountains, it lies on the Darfur dome and like the Tagabo Hills and Meidob Hills volcanism may be the product of a mantle plume.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,042 metres
- Description: mountain in Sudan
- Also known as: “Deriba Caldera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marrah Mountains.
Marrah Mountains
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Marrah Mountains or Marra Mountains are a range of volcanic peaks in a massif that rises up to 3,012 metres. They are the highest mountains in Sudan.
Deriba
- Categories: volcanic crater lake, caldera, mountain, ridge, crater, and landform
- Location: Central Darfur, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.9378° or 12° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
24.2359° or 24° 14′ 9″ eastElevation
3,042 metres (9,980 feet)Open location code
7G46W6QP+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 5301330718OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q2520348
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Satellite Map
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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”
- French: “Lac Marra Deriba”
- German: “Deriba Caldera”
- 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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