The Corbetti Caldera is an actively deforming
volcano
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On Ear ...
in the
Main Ethiopian Rift
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It is the site of the
Corbetti Geothermal Power Station. The Corbetti Caldera is 15km across and overlaps an older (
pleistocene
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), 30km by 40km caldera called Awasa, which is considered the same volcanic system. The Corbetti Caldera contains the central cone called Urji and a large obsidian dome called Chebbi.
[ The Awasa Caldera contains ]Lake Hawassa
Lake Hawassa or Awasa, is an endorheic basin in Sidama Region of Ethiopia, located in the Main Ethiopian Rift south of Addis Ababa, the capital city of the country. According to the ''Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68'', the lake is ...
and the town of Awasa
Hawassa ( am, አዋሳ; ʾäwasa, also spelled Awassa or Awasa) known historically as Adare is a city in Ethiopia, on the shores of Lake Awassa in the Great Rift Valley. It is south of Addis Ababa via Bishoftu, east of Sodo, and north of ...
, the Corbetti caldera contains half of the Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary.
References
Mountains of Ethiopia
Calderas of Ethiopia
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