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Volcano · Ethiopia

Alayta

Elevation
1,501 m
#11,343
in the world
#40
in Ethiopia

Alayta is a volcano in Ethiopia, rising to 1,501 m, the 40th highest we list in Ethiopia.

Nearest town
101 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Alayta

Alayta lies in Ethiopia, in Afar.

Key facts

Elevation
1,501 m (4,925 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Afar
Coordinates
12.891, 40.574

How it ranks

Among peaks in Ethiopia
#40of 44
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,343of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Dabbahu Volcano1,442 m34 km
Āfrēra Terara1,295 m38 km
Ma Alalta1,815 m44 km
Āmba Ālagē3,949 m112 km
Asavyo1,324 m114 km
Amba Aradam2,483 m125 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Alayta.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
MehoniEthiopia29,200101 km
Maych’ewEthiopia49,600113 km
ArertiEthiopia23,000118 km
KoremEthiopia35,600122 km
DoloEthiopia41,400122 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.