# Mount Alayta

- **Country:** Ethiopia
- **Coordinates:** 12.883333, 40.566667
- **Type:** Shield volcano
- **Listing:** List of volcanoes in Ethiopia
- **Location:** Afar Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia
- **Elevation M:** 1501
- **Last Eruption:** 1915

Mount Alayta is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Afar Triangle (Afar Depression), a highly active volcanic region which includes the adjacent Mount Afdera. Mount Alayta covers an area of 2,700 square kilometers southwest of Lake Afrera. A chain of younger craters are aligned along a north-northwest axis in the basaltic-to-trachytic shield along the east side of the shield volcano, which extends to the western flank of Mount Afdera. The Alayta Lavafeld was formed from a series of north-south fissures. In two areas on the southern side of the volcanic complex, fumaroles can be observed.

![Photo of Mount Alayta](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Alayta_shield_volcano.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Alayta (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)