Harras of Dhamar
Volcanic field in Yemen
14°33′00″N 44°24′06″E / 14.55000°N 44.40167°E / 14.55000; 44.40167Yemen
The Harras of Dhamar is a volcanic field in Yemen.[1]
Morphology and eruption
The volcanic field extends 80 km (50 mi) to the east of Dhamar town. The field contains many stratovolcanoes, lava flows, and youthful cones. Basaltic lava flows overlie older Rhyolitic flows. The volcano is responsible for the only 20th-century eruption on the Arabian peninsula, apparently in 1937. The field is 100 km (62 mi) southeast from Yemen's capital city, Sana'a.[1]
See also
- Global Volcanism Program
- List of volcanoes in Yemen
- Sarat Mountains
References
- ^ a b c Neumann van Padang, Maur (1963), Catalogue of the active volcanoes and solfatara fields of Arabia and the Indian Ocean, vol. 16, Rome: IAVCEI, pp. 1–64, OCLC 886615186
External links
- "Harras of Dhamar". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula
Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.
Other notes:
- ^ Shared with the UAE
- ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
- ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
- ^ Shared with the UAE
- ^ Shared with the UAE
- ^ Sensu lato, shared with Yemen
- ^ Shared with Yemen
- ^ Sensu lato
- ^ Sensu lato
- ^ Shared with Oman
- ^ Shared with Oman
- ^ Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman
- ^ Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE
- ^ Shared with Oman
- ^ Shared with Oman
- ^ Shared with Saudi Arabia
- ^ Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula
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