Danakil Depression
One of Africa's lowest and hottest rift valleys, part of the Afar Triple Junction where the Nubian, Somali and Arabian plates pull apart. Transitional oceanic crust, live volcanism and boiling hydrothermal fields sit exposed together at the surface, more than 100 metres below sea level.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 11,000,000 years ago speculative
onset commonly cited for counterclockwise rotation of the Danakil microplate, the start of the rifting that opened the depression; no single precise date is agreed source
Where
14.2417° N, 40.3000° E
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danakil_Depression
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/the-most-extreme-place-on-earth-a-true-geological-oddity
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.