Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status: Fumarolic
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 3100 m 10,170 feet
Latitude: 20.92°N 20°55’0″N
Longitude: 17.28°E 17°17’0″E

Tarso Voon is a stratovolcano located in Chad. The broad summit of Tarso Voon volcano, located in the west-central part of the Tibesti Range, is truncated by a shallow 14 x 18 km wide caldera. Ignimbrite deposits surround the caldera to distances of 15-35 km. Tarso Voon was constructed over a basement of Precambrian schists. Youthful-looking Quaternary basaltic lava flows have been erupted from vents near the caldera rim over a 180 degree area extending counterclockwise from the NE and from Ehi Mousgau, a 3100-m-high stratovolcano located to the NW. The Soborom solfatara field, the largest in the Tibesti Range, is located in an area of volcano-tectonic uplift 5 km west of the caldera rim. Its fumaroles, active mud pots, and boiling waters are visited by Tibesti peoples for medicinal uses.

Satellite view of Tarso Voon

Chadian soldier at Tarso Voom (Carles Campsolinas Dresaire)

Originally posted 2010-10-21 04:52:14.