Alayta

Observations of Deformation

Volcano number:221112
Region:
Country:Ethiopia
Geodetic measurements?Yes
Deformation observation?No
Measurement method(s):InSAR
Characteristics of deformation:

Alayta is a shield volcano found at the western edge of the Danakil depression. The area has fresh lava flows, but no recent activity has been reported.
Pagli et al. (2014), for the purposes of investigating regional velocity fields, have looked at Envisat InSAR data covering this volcano. They report no deformation.

Reference(s):Pagli, C. et al., 2014. Current plate boundary deformation of the Afar rift from a 3-D velocity field inversion of InSAR and GPS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(11), pp. 8562-8575.
NASA Landsat image, 1999.
Location:12.888, 40.573
REST API endpoint (JSON):https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-json/volcanodb/v1/volcano/1380

Latest Sentinel-1 Data

Filename: alayta_079D_07694_131313.jpg
Size: 501px x 669px (164.11 KB)
Filename: alayta_014A_07688_131313.jpg
Size: 501px x 669px (179.14 KB)