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Shield volcano · Erta Ale Range · Afar Region

Erta Ale

613 m2,011 ft

Prominence: 345 m1,130 ft
Isolation: 9.3 km
Tonight: 27°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h SE

Erta Ale is a 613 m (2,011 ft) shield volcano in the Erta Ale Range, Afar Region, Ethiopia.

All facts

Elevation: 613 m · 2,011 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ale Bagu (1,031 m)
Range: Erta Ale Range
Region: Afar Region, Ethiopia
Coordinates: 13.6057° N, 40.6596° E

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3D map

Erta Ale 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Erta Ale topographic map

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Erta Ale elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Erta Ale downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGErta Ale satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Erta Ale weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 27°C (81°F) · Wind 24 km/h SE

Erta Ale forecast for the summit, about 613 m.

Tonight27°–24 km/h SE
Today26°36°–30 km/h SE
Sun25°36°1.8 mm29 km/h SE
Mon24°34°–27 km/h S
Tue27°36°–26 km/h S
Wed27°36°–27 km/h SE
Thu28°37°–27 km/h SE
Fri28°37°–23 km/h SE
Sat27°37°–22 km/h SE
Sun27°36°–20 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.5%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 358 m low point 239 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 99.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Erta Ale sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

17 m low This 3D map reads 596 m at the summit; the official height is 613 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	613 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	596 m	-17 m
Copernicus GLO-90	587 m	-26 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-12-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia