Volcano Type: Volcanic field
Volcano Status: Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 1803 m   5,915 feet
Latitude: 32.658°N *   32°39’30″N
Longitude: 36.425°E   36°25’30″E

The Jabal ad Druze volcanic field, the southernmost in Syria, lies in the Haurun-Druze Plateau in SW Syria near the border with Jordan. The most prominent feature of this volcanic field is 1803-m-high Jabal ad Druze (also known variously as Djebel Al-Arab, Jabal ed Duruz, Jabal al Druz, Jebel Duraz, Djebel ed Drouz).

The alkaline volcanic field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes active from the lower-Pleistocene to the Holocene. The large SW Plateau depression is filled by basaltic lava flows from volcanoes aligned in a NW-SE direction. This volcanic field lies within the northern part of the massive alkaline Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic field that extends from southern Syria through NW Jordan to Saudi Arabia.

Jabal ad Druze

Originally posted 2010-10-19 04:12:10.