OCHA Regional Office for Central and East Africa
Holocene Eruptions, Volcanoes and Faults in Africa
Issued: 19 December 2007
France
Andorra
Portugal
Spain
Vesuvius
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Malta
Bulgaria
Albania
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Gibraltar
Atl an tic Oc ean
Croatia
Italy
Stromboli
Etna
Macedonia
Greece
Armenia
Turkey
Cyprus
Syria
Lebanon
Morocco
Azerbaijan
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Israel
# #Tenerife
Kuwait
Algeria
Libya
Western Sahara
Egypt
Bahrain
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tropic of Cancer
Mauritania
Red Sea
Chad
Senegal
Gambie, The
Cote d'Ivoire
Liberia
Ghana
Benin
Togo
Yemen
Eritrea
#Harras of Dhamar
#Dallol
Erta Ale #
#Alayta
Gulf of Ade n
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Dabbahu
Djibouti
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Sudan
Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Oman
Niger
Mali
Sierra Leone
Kazakhstan
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Santorini
Me dite rra ne an Se a
Tunisia
Russia
Georgia
Ardoukôba
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
Somalia
#Tullu Moje
Cameroon
Atl an tic Oc ean
Equator
Sao Tome
and Principe
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Santa Isabel
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Volcanic Explosivity in Africa
The Barrier
Republic
of Congo
This map shows the density of volcanic eruptions based on the
explosivity index for each eruption and the time period of the
eruption. Eruption information is spread to 100km beyond point
source to indicate areas that could be affected by volcanic
emissions or ground shaking.
The original source of the data is a point dataset of worldwide
historical volcanic eruptions occurring within approximately the
last 11,500 years (to 2002). Adapted from Simkin and Siebert,
1994 "Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of
Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions" and produced digitally
by the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.
Saint Helena
Democratic
Republic
of Congo
Nyiragongo Visoke
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Nyamuragira Rwanda
Burundi
Indi an O cea n
#Karthala
Angola
Malawi
Zambia
Mozambique
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
Tropic of Capricorn
Namibia
Botswana
4 (cataclysmic occurs 10's of years)
Swaziland
5 (paroxysmal occurs 100's of years)
6 (colossal occurs 100's of years)
Meru
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Comoros
1 (gentle occurs daily)
# Holocene Volcano
Ol Doinyo Lengai
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Seychelles
Index (VEI)
3 (severe occurs yearly)
Kenya
Tanzania
Volcanic Explosivity
2 (explosive occurs weekly)
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#Emuruangogolak
Uganda
South Africa
Fault line
Data from Smithsonian Institution,
Global Volcanism Program and ESRI
Lesotho
0
750
1,500
Kilometers
Tristan da Cunha
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The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations
United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA)
Regional Office for Central and East Africa
(ROCEA)
Email: [email protected]
Map: Volcanoes_071221