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Description: Map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcanoes(red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded, center) -- a so-called triple junction (or triple point), where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate (the Nubian and the Somalian) splitting along the East African Rift Zone.
Title: EAfrica
Credit: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/East_Africa.html
Author: USGS
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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