Harra es-Sawad

Harra es-Sawad
Shuqra Volcanic Field[1]
Highest point
Elevation	1,737 m (5,699 ft)
Coordinates	13°34′48″N 46°07′12″E / 13.5800°N 46.1200°E / 13.5800; 46.1200
Geography
Location	Yemen
Geology
Mountain type	Volcanic Field
Last eruption	1253

Harra es-Sawad, or the "Shuqra Volcanic Field",^[1] is a large trachybasaltic volcanic field that runs along the Gulf of Aden. Nearby is the city of Shuqrah.^[2][3]

Morphology

The field stretches for around 100 km (62 mi), contains around 100 volcanic cones, and is orientated on a WSW-ENE line. This has produced a 40 km × 95 km (25 mi × 59 mi) lava field, which is mostly Holocene in age, and covers faulted basement limestone. Many of the fields cones are young and uneroded.^[1][2][3]

History

The only eruption that has been noted in historical times occurred in 1253. This eruption was a large VEI 3 eruption, although it was poorly documented. Given the age of the field, other eruptions may have occurred in the recent past.^[2]

See also

• Hadhramaut Mountains
• List of volcanoes in Yemen
• Sarat Mountains

References

External links

• Cones of the Volcanic Field Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Volcanic Cone Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

 Oman

Hajar range[a]	Central Hajar Jebel Akhdar[b] Jebel Shams (H)[c] Eastern Hajar Jabal Aswad Jabal Bani Jabar Western Hajar[d] Jebel Akhdar Jebel Ghawil Jebel Shams (H, HP) Ru'us al-Jibal[e] Jabal Harim Jabal Qiwhi
Dhofar range	Jebel Qamar Jebel Qarah Jabal Samhan

 Saudi Arabia

List of mountains in Saudi Arabia

• List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia
• Jabal Al-Qarah

Sarat range[f]	Jabal Al-Oraif[g] 'Asir range[h] Harrat al Birk (LF) Jabal Ad-Dhoor Jabal Al-Hadab Jabal Al-Majaz Jabal Al-Qo'mah Jabal As-Sahla' Jebal As-Seqaa Jabal Atherb Jabal Khalaqah Jabal Lawa's Jabal Mana' Jabal Maomah Jabal Mareer Jabal Masher Jabal Moushref Jabal Nahran Jabal Natfa' Jabal 'Okran Jabal Sawdah Jabal Yar (VF) Jabal Warrab Sh'af A'l Nassir Sh'af Bayhan Al-Bahah Jabal Shada [ar] Jizan Fifa Mountains Jebel Al-Qeher [ar] Najran Jabal Abu Hamdan Jabal Raum Hijaz range[i] Harrat Khaybar (VF) Harrat Kishb (LF) Al Wahbah crater (VC) Harrat Lunayyir Harrat Rahat (LF) Jabal Abu Qubays Jabal al-Nour Jabal 'Arafat Jabal Daka Jabal Hada Jabal Sela Jabal Thawr Jabal Uhud Jabal Werqan Safa and Marwa Midian range Harrat al-Sham (VF) Jabal Al-Amud? (VF) Jabal Al-Lawz Jabal Al-Qalom Jabal an Nukhaylah Jabal Hubaysh (Tabuk Region) Jabal Maqla Jabal `Umayyid Jabal Umm Hayfā' Mountains of Adh-Dhahr
Shammar range	Salma range Jabal Shammar Aja range Jabal Aja Shammar Mountains
Tuwayr range	Jabal Tuwaiq?

 United Arab Emirates

• List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates

Western Hajar[j]	Ru'us al-Jibal[k] Jebel Jais (H)[l] Jabal Yanas Jebel Yibir (HP)[m] Jabal Ar-Rahrah Jabal Rahabah Shumayliyyah range[n] Jebel Al-Heben Outliers, outcrops or anticlines Jebel Buhais (AC, OC) Jebel Faya (AC, OC) Jebel Hafeet[o] (OL)

 Yemen

• List of volcanoes in Yemen

Hadhramaut range	Jabal Ar-Rays? Jabal Husn Ghuraf Jebel Shaqb?
Sarat range[p]	Harra of Arhab (VF) Harras of Dhamar (VF) Harra es-Sawad (VF) Jabal Hubaysh (Ibb Governorate) Jabal Kanin Jabal Nuqm Jabal Sabir Jabal Tiyal Haraz range Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (H, HP)[q]

Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.

Other notes:

1. ^ Shared with the UAE
2. ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
3. ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
4. ^ Shared with the UAE
5. ^ Shared with the UAE
6. ^ Sensu lato, shared with Yemen
7. ^ Shared with Yemen
8. ^ Sensu lato
9. ^ Sensu lato
10. ^ Shared with Oman
11. ^ Shared with Oman
12. ^ Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman
13. ^ Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE
14. ^ Shared with Oman
15. ^ Shared with Oman
16. ^ Shared with Saudi Arabia
17. ^ Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula

This page was last edited on 18 February 2024, at 10:25