Bayuda Volcanic Field

Bayuda Volcanic field

Highest point
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	18°20′0″N 32°45′0″E / 18.33333°N 32.75000°E / 18.33333; 32.75000Coordinates: 18°20′0″N 32°45′0″E / 18.33333°N 32.75000°E / 18.33333; 32.75000 ^[1]
Geography
Bayuda Volcanic field Sudan
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene
Mountain type	Volcanic field
Last eruption	850 CE ± 50 years ^[1]

The Bayuda (or Baiyuda) Volcanic field is a collection of more than 90 eruptive centres, including at least 15 named cinder cones, and five named craters in the Bayuda Desert, Sudan. ^[1] The largest explosive crater Hosh ed Dalam, is 1.3 km wide, and approximately 500 m deep.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Global volcanism program". Retrieved 10 October 2011.

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