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Atakor Volcanic Field
Volcanic field · 2,918 m · Algeria
Atakor Volcanic Field sits on the African Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries.
- Elevation
- 2,918 m
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
- Dominant Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Plate
- African Plate
- Country
- Algeria
- Last Eruption
- unknown
Nearby Cities
Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.
- 68 kmTamanrasset76,000 people
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata