Dallol (volcano)
Dallol may refer to: * Dallol, Ethiopia ** Dallol (hydrothermal system) ** Dallol (woreda) ** Dallol (volcano) Dallol may refer to: * Dallol, Ethiopia Dallol ( am, ዳሎል) is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of ab ...

Dallol, Ethiopia
Dallol ( am, ዳሎል) is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about below sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for the 2005 population of the village, which has been described as a ghost town. Dallol currently holds the official record for record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth, and an average annual temperature of 35 °C (95 °F) was recorded between 1960 and 1966. Dallol is also one of the most remote places on Earth, but paved roads to the nearby village of Hamedela are being built. Still, the most important mode of transport besides jeeps are the camel caravans that travel to the area to collect salt. In the region is the highly active hydrothermal system of Dallol, with numerous springs, terrace systems and fumaroles. History A railway from the port of Mersa Fatma in Er ...
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Dallol (hydrothermal System)
Dallol is a unique, terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It is known for its unearthly colors and mineral patterns, and the very acidic fluids that discharge from its hydrothermal springs. Etymology The term ''Dallol'' was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration, describing a landscape of green acid ponds and geysers ( pH-values less than 1) and iron oxide, sulfur and salt desert plains. The area somewhat resembles the hot springs areas of Yellowstone National Park. Description Dallol mountain has an area of about , and rises about above the surrounding salt plains. A circular depression near the centre is probably a collapsed crater. The southwestern slopes have water-eroded salt canyons, pillars, and blocks. There are numerous saline springs and fields of small fumaroles. Numerous hot springs discharge brine and acidic liquid here. Small, widespread, te ...
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Dallol (woreda)
Dallol is a woreda in Afar Region, Ethiopia. This woreda is named for the former mining settlement of Dallol, which set the record for the hottest inhabited place on Earth, with an average temperature of 34 °C. Located at the northernmost point of the Administrative Zone 2, Dallol's territory includes part of the Afar Depression. This woreda is bordered on the south by Koneba, on the west by the Tigray Region, on the north by Eritrea, and on the east and south by Berhale. Detailed information is not available for the settlements in this woreda. The average elevation in this woreda is 660 meters above sea level; high points include Mount Hayle and Mount Dabshado, which are part of the Ethiopian highlands. Rivers include the Ragali. , Afambo has 150 kilometers of all-weather gravel road; about 22.33% of the total population has access to drinking water. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has ...
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