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What tipe of Volcano is Erta Ale?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

An active Shield Volcano, The name derives from a translation of "Skjaldbreiður", an Icelandic shield volcano whose name means "broad shield", from its resemblance to a warrior's shield.

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