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  2. Emi Koussi - Wikipedia

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    Emi Koussi (also known as Emi Koussou [3]) is a high pyroclastic shield [1] volcano that lies at the southeast end of the Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara, in the northern Borkou Region of northern Chad. The highest mountain of the Sahara, the volcano is one of several in the Tibesti range, and reaches an elevation of 3,415 metres ...

  3. Sahara - Wikipedia

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    23°N 13°E. / 23; 13. The Sahara ( / səˈhɑːrə /, / səˈhærə /) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.

  4. Tibesti Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Tibesti Mountains. /  19.8°N 18.53°E  / 19.8; 18.53. /  20.783°N 18.05°E  / 20.783; 18.05. The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of ...

  5. Waw an Namus - Wikipedia

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    Waw an Namus. /  24.91750°N 17.76278°E  / 24.91750; 17.76278. Waw an Namus (also spelled Wau-en-Namus, Arabic: واو الناموس) is a volcano in Libya. Of either Pleistocene or Holocene age, it is located within the eastern Fezzan region. The origin of the volcanism there and at Al Haruj farther north is not clear.

  6. Western Desert (Egypt) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Desert (‏الصحراء السوداء) is a region of volcano-shaped and widely spaced mounds, distributed along about 30 km (19 mi) in the Western Desert between the White Desert in the south and the Bahariya Oasis in the north. Most of its mounds are capped by basalt sills, giving them the characteristic black color.

  7. Richat Structure - Wikipedia

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    Richat Structure. /  21.114700°N 11.394300°W  / 21.114700; -11.394300. The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât ( Arabic: قلب الريشات Qalb ar-Rīšāt ), is a prominent circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.

  8. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    Mount Ruang, a 2,400-foot (725-meter) stratovolcano on Ruang Island in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, has erupted at least seven times since Tuesday night, the country’s volcanology ...

  9. Tenoumer crater - Wikipedia

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    The crater is located in the western Sahara Desert. It is 1.9 km (1.2 mi) in diameter and its age was estimated to be 21,400 ± 9,700 years old but as of 2016, is thought to be ~1.57 Ma. [2] The crater is exposed at the surface and is nearly circular. Edges of the crater rise up to 110 m (360 ft) high above the base of the crater, but the ...

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