Ardoukôba Rift Location: 11.58 N, 42.47 E Elevation: 298 m The Ardoukôba (Asal) Rift in  Djibouti, trending NW from the  Red Sea, contains a broad area of  youthful fissure vents between  Lake Asal and the Ghoubbat al  Kharab gulf. The rift is subaerially  exposed over a 12 km distance  between these two bodies of water  and contains numerous basaltic  cinder and spatter cones. Magma-  water interaction has produced tuff cones, some of which form islands or are  breached by the sea. The most recent lava flows are younger than lake  sediments deposited 5300 years ago. These lavas were thought to have been  erupted during the past 3000 years (Delibrias et al., 1975). The Ardoukôba  fissure erupted in 1978, producing a small cinder cone and lava flows that  covered part of the rift floor near the Red Sea. (Global Volcanism Program))  click on pictures to enlarge click on panoramas to enlarge HOMEPAGE 5./6. Febr. 2008