Todra volcanic field
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Todra volcanic field is a volcanic field in the Aïr region, Niger.
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,780 m (5,840 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 17.68°N 8.5°E / 17.68; 8.5[1] |
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The field consists of about 150 volcanoes, whose position is fault controlled. Their eruption products (mainly basalt but also phonolite and trachyte) cover a surface of about 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi).[1] Geologically, they are located at the northwestern end of the Téfidet graben of the Trans-Saharan orogen.[2]
The field may have had historical eruptions.[1]