Terreno · place

Afar Triangle

Where three rifts meet: the Danakil Depression, about 125 m below sea level, has a lava lake, acid pools and some of the hottest year-round temperatures on Earth.

Kind
Triple junction
Moving
a centimetre or two a year

12.0000° N, 41.5000° E

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