Pico do Fogo
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Pico do Fogo da ake furtawa [ˈpiku du ˈfoɡu] shine mafi girman tsayi na Cape Verde da Yammacin Afirka, yana hawa zuwa mita 2,829 (9,281 ft) sama da matakin teku. Yana da aiki stratovolcano kwance a tsibirin Fogo. Babban mazugi na ƙarshe ya ɓarke a cikin 1680, wanda ya haifar da ƙaura daga tsibirin.[1] Wani reshen reshe ya ɓarke a shekarar 1995. Mummunar fashewar ce kawai a shekara ta 1847 lokacin da girgizar ƙasa ta kashe mutane da yawa.
Pico do Fogo | |
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General information | |
Height above mean sea level (en) | 2,829 m |
Topographic prominence (en) | 2,829 m |
Labarin ƙasa | |
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 14°56′57″N 24°20′25″W |
Kasa | Cabo Verde |
Territory | Santa Catarina do Fogo (en) |
Ƙasantuwa a yanayin ƙasa | Fogo (en) |
Geology | |
Material (en) | feldspathoid (en) |
Fogo tsibiri ne mai tsattsauran ra'ayi.[2] Fashewar sa na kwanan nan ta faru a cikin 1951, 1995 da 2014. Ita ce ƙarami kuma mafi ƙarfin dutsen mai fitar da wuta a cikin Tsibirin Cape Verde, wani ɗan gajeren jerin tsibirai masu aman wuta waɗanda galibi ƙarami ne a ƙarshen yamma, an ƙirƙira su ne yayin da Filayen Afirka ya matsa zuwa gabas a kan hotspot.[3]
Fogo ta ƙunshi dutsen mai fitad da wuta guda ɗaya, don haka tsibirin ya kusan zagaye kuma yana da kusan kilomita 25 (16 mi) a diamita. Babban taron koldera (kimanin kilomita 10 a shugabancin arewa zuwa kudu da kilomita 7 a gabas zuwa yamma) ba ya kasance a tsakiyar tsibirin ba, sai dai ya nufi kusurwar arewa maso gabas. Caldera tana da iyaka ta hanyar manyan kusurwa masu kuskure kusa da arewa, yamma, da gefen kudu amma an keta ta zuwa gabas inda lawa zata iya kwarara zuwa gabar teku.[4] Yankin arewa-arewa maso gabas da ke haifar da fashewar abubuwa ya bude ta gefen yamma na Pico, wanda ya samo asali a cikin gangaren tsakanin tsakanin 1500 da 1760.[3] Fashewa ta karshe daga sama ita ce a shekarar 1769. bangaren gabas, sakamakon zirin daga gefen gabas na dutsen mai fitar da wuta zuwa tekun.[3]
Ana amfani da gangaren dutsen don yin kofi, yayin da ake amfani da lava a matsayin kayan gini. Kusa da gangarenta wani caldera ne kuma wani ƙaramin ƙauye, Chã das Caldeiras, yana cikin wannan caldera. Ramin bakin dutse, wanda ya kai tsawan mitoci 2,700, an san shi da Bordeira