Mousa Ali

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The Mousa Alli (also Mousa Ali; Afar Mūsa'álli or Musā'álli of Mūsa'alé -li, " Musa in his mountain ") is a 2028 m high stratovolcano in the border triangle of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In Djibouti, he is the highest mountain in the country.

Is named the volcano after Musa, the seventh Imam of the Shiites. Its peak is called GAGU.

Two strains of the Afar live in the surrounding area. They are collectively referred to as Adrúmmi, from ' Adó Rúm -li " white as Byzantines ," which refers to its supposedly very light skin color.

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  • Didier Morin: Mūsa'álli, in: Dictionnaire historique afar (1288-1982), Karthala Editions 2004, ISBN 9782845864924 (p. 228f. )
  • Mousa Alli in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
  • Mountain in Africa
  • Zweitausender
  • Geography (Djibouti)
  • Mountain in Ethiopia
  • Mountain in Eritrea
  • Stratovolcano
  • Afar
  • Debubawi red sea region
Afar Triangle Afar language Afar people
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