{"id":125820,"date":"2026-09-23T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=125820"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:28:11","slug":"emi-koussi-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/emi-koussi-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Emi Koussi Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Emi Koussi Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2024 astronaut photo captured an unusual salt patch shining like snow on top of northern Chad&#8217;s imposing Emi Koussi volcano, which is covered with ancient lava, hidden vents and shadowy waterways. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Emi Koussi Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a large <\/span><b>shield volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>central <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sahara-desert\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sahara<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north of the <\/span><b>Republic of Chad.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at the<\/span><b> southeast end of the Tibesti Mountains.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 3,415 meters above sea level, it is not only the <\/span><b>highest mountain in Chad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but also the<\/span><b> highest in the Sahara.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its crater is 19 kilometers wide and 1,219 meters deep.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Two nested calderas cap the volcano,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the outer one being about 12 by 15 km in size.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within it on the southeast side is a smaller caldera, about 2\u20133 km wide and 350 m deep.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Numerous lava domes, cinder cones, maars, and lava flows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are found both within the calderas and along the outer flanks of the shield.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nested within the main caldera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>smaller crater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that contains <\/span><b>white salts of a dry lake <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at its lowest point.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The smaller crater is <\/span><b>surrounded by a region of darker rocks\u2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a geologically young dome of lava studded with several small circular volcanic vents.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dark volcanic rocks of the volcano provide a sharp contrast to the underlying tan and light brown sandstone exposed to the west, south, and east.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emi Koussi <\/span><b>is extinct,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is <\/span><b>not known when it last erupted.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is a Maar?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A maar is a<\/span><b> broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by an explosion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which occurs <\/span><b>when groundwater comes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into<\/span><b> contact with hot lava or magma.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A maar characteristically<\/span><b> fills with water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>form a relatively shallow crater lake. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/volcanoes\/a-surprising-slab-of-salt-shines-at-the-summit-of-the-saharas-tallest-peak-earth-from-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>LS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emi Koussi Volcano is a large shield volcano located in the central Sahara in the north of the Republic of Chad. 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