Ardoukôba is a fissure vent

Fissure vent

A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure or simply fissure, is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts, usually without any explosive activity. The vent is usually a few meters wide and may be many kilometers long. Fissure vents can cause large flood basalts and lava channels...

s volcano in Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

. Located on the coast 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) from Djibouti City

Djibouti (city)

The City of Djibouti is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Djibouti, a nation in the Horn of Africa. The biggest settlement on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it lies on a peninsula that separates that basin from the Gulf of Aden.-History:...

, its summit is situated at 298 metres (977.7 ft) above sea level

Above mean sea level

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. It last erupted in November 1978 following an earthquake, having been dormant for 3,000 years. The volcano's rift is 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) in width, and has a depth of 800 metres (2,624.7 ft).

The Government of Djibouti has initiated a proposal with UNESCO

UNESCO

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 to declare the Lake Assal zone including the Ardoukoba volcano and its surroundings as a World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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