Dallol Is A Cinder Cone Volcano In Danakil Depression.

Northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It was made by the intrusion of Basaltic magma into subsequent hydrothermal activity and Miocene salt deposits. 

Phreatic eruptions took place hither in 1926, forming Dallol Volcano, numerous other eruption craters dot the salt flats nearby. These creatures are the lowest known subaerial volcanic vents in the world, at 45 m or more below sea level.

In October 2004 the shallow magma chamber beneath Dallol deflated and fed a magma intrusion southwards beneath the rift. Numerous hit springs discharge brine and acidic liquid. Small, widespread, temporary geysers produce cones of salt.

The Dallol deposits include significant bodies of potash fund directly at the surface. The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration, describing a landscape of green acid ponds PH values less than 1 and iron oxide, sulfur, and salt desert plains. The area resembles the Hotsprings areas of Yellowstone Park.