Volcano profile

Algeria

Atakor Volcanic Field.

Volcano profile for Atakor Volcanic Field in Algeria, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Volcanic field
Elevation
2,918 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
23.33°, 5.83°
GVP number
225005

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Algeria

Atakor Volcanic Field

Volcanic field

Elevation
2,918 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
23.33°, 5.83°
Volcanic region (GVP)
West Central Sahara Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
225005
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Atakor Volcanic Field · Algeria

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

No eruption history is available for this volcano in the included dataset.

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Volcano at a glance

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Atakor Volcanic Field · No current eruption report · 2,918 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok AirportAlgeria · TMR · DAAT
    69.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

Eruption reportedGreat SitkinUnited StatesStratovolcano · 1,740 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Oct 5, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC