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             English: Map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcanoes(red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded, centre) -- 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. 
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           | Date | 
           5 May 1999 | 
          
          
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            http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/East_Africa.html | 
          
          
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           USGS | 
          
         
         
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