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Mount Hazalo, also known as Azalo, or Ayelu is an isolated, rhyolitic stratovolcano in eastern Ethiopia. Located in Afar Region, near the South of the Afdem and Gewane, this mountain has a latitude and longitude of 10°5′N 40°42′E and an altitude of 2145 meters.
| Ayalu | |
|---|---|
  Ayalu Location in Ethiopia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,145 m (7,037 ft) |
| Coordinates | 10°5′N 40°42′E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Afar Region Ethiopia |
The district is today inhabited by the Afar people however in the past also by the Warjih and Harari people.[1] The Battle of Hazalo took place between the Adal Sultanate and Oromo of Gada Michelle in the 16th century.[2]
The Afar people have a tradition that, they travelled to this mountain where they settled for a number of years. Here they prospered until their wealth led them to hold weddings and feasts during Ramadan; for this Allah is said to have sent a famine and plagues on them. After this, the people moved to the Ifat Sultanate during its earlier period.[3]
Wilfred Thesiger describes his ascent of Mount Ayalu in 1933. He notes that this mountain was the object of an annual pilgrimage by members of the Afar people, who travelled from as far away as Daoe in order to climb to the summit where they would pray for good health and success in war. They would also make a pilgrimage to Ayalu in other times of the year to pray for relief in times of famine and after a defeat in war.[4] When David Buxton visited the site a little more than 10 years later, he was unable to learn if sacrifices were still made there.[5]
The volcano is one of the largest in Ethiopia and is located, along with its close neighbor Adwa (volcano), in a major right step of the linear chain of volcanoes and fissures along the middle of the East African rift. Due to the location of the volcano little is known about its past and present behavior. However, an earthquake and InSAR study conducted by Derek Keir and colleagues shows that a magma intrusion around 5 km deep and 8 km long emanated away from the volcano and intruded near the eastern side of neighboring Adwa (volcano) in May 2000.[6]
See also
- List of volcanoes in Ethiopia
- List of stratovolcanoes
Notes
- Azalo. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- Milkias, Paulos. Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. p. 211.
- Ogaas Rooble, "A short History of the Argobba", Annales d'Éthiopie, 16 (2000), p. 179
- Thesiger, The Afar Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-4 (Hammersmith: Flamingo, 1996), p.
- Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), pp. 153ff
- Keir, D; Pagli, C; Bastow, I; Ayele, A (March 2011). "The magma-assisted removal of Arabia in Afar: Evidence from dike injection in the Ethiopian rift captured using InSAR and seismicity" (PDF). Tectonics. 30 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2011Tecto..30.2008K. doi:10.1029/2010TC002785.
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[de] Ayelu
Der Ayelu ist ein 2145 m hoher Stratovulkan südlich der Asbahri-Ebene in Nord-Äthiopien. Seine östliche Flanke wird von Spalten durchzogen und ist durch Ignimbrit-Ablagerungen des in unmittelbarer Nähe im Osten liegenden Vulkans Adwa bedeckt. An der Westflanke des Vulkans befinden sich einige heiße Quellen. Es liegen keine gesicherten Daten über Ausbrüche vor.- [en] Mount Hazalo
[es] Monte Ayalu
Monte Ayalu es un estratovolcán aislado y riolítico en el este de Etiopía.[1] Está ubicado en la Zona Administrativa 3 de la región de Afar, cerca de la orilla oriental del río Awash, esta montaña tiene una latitud y longitud de 10°5′N 40°42′E y una altitud de 2.145 metros.[fr] Ayelu
L'Ayelu ou Ayalu est un volcan rhyolitique, situé au sud de la plaine d'Asbahri dans le sud de la région Afar en Éthiopie.[it] Monte Ayalu
L'Ayalu detto anche Ayelu è un vulcano riolitico situato a sud della regione di Afar in Etiopia.[ru] Аялу (вулкан)
Аялу или Гебель-Айелу[2] — вулкан на территории Афарской котловины в регионе Афар в Эфиопии.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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