Mount Zuqualla

The crater lake

The Zuqualla (or Zukwala, Zuquala, Zuqwala; ዝቋላ Amharic ) is an extinct stratovolcano in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is located about 30 kilometers south of Debre Zeit. It rises 1100 meters above the surrounding terrain and is a total of 2998 meters high. Its base has a diameter of 12 kilometers. The caldera has two kilometers in diameter and is about 300 meters deep.

It is known for its crater lake of Zuqualla, who is the Ethiopian Christians and followers of indigenous religions as sacred. On an island of the crater lake there is a monastery, supposedly founded by Saint Gebre Manfus. This monastery was destroyed and a church at the foot of the mountain of Imam Ahmad Gragn ( the " left-handed "), looted in 1531. There are many holy places in and around the mountain, mostly artificial rock arrangements. Semi-annually directed the monastery from a party.