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Emi Koussi- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Chad; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 48 hours

Emi Koussi, located in northern Chad's Tibesti Mountains, is the highest peak in the Sahara Desert, standing at 3,447 meters. This vast pyroclastic shield volcano spans 60–70 kilometers in width and features two nested calderas, including the striking Era Kohor, which contains trona deposits. Though its last major eruptions occurred over a million years ago, fumarolic and hot spring activity continues today. Emi Koussi is notable for its geological significance, serving as a terrestrial analogue for Martian volcanoes, and its distinct volcanic landscape of lava flows, cinder cones, and maars, shaped by millennia of activity.

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Reviews of Emi Koussi

Paolo Reyes

5
Reviewed: 2022-10-13

Legend has it that if you climb to the peak you shall meet the almighty Giga Chad
Alphabetti Spaghetti

5
Reviewed: 2021-06-10

I became a Giga Chad once I had scaled the peak
Pirate Pimp.

5
Reviewed: 2019-11-11

I wounder how god and man can create such beautiful things. I go to Chad at least twice a year. And I visit the great pyramids of Egypt at least twice a year. I travel all over the world and visit some of the most beautiful places. I'm very blessed to be able to explore the world. I'm heading to Australia next week to go on a walkabout with some of the native people. Peace and love to all.
40dz Chaoui

5
Reviewed: 2019-09-02

Grand altitude Tchad 3450m The large volcano of Emi Koussi at the SE end of the Tibesti Range forms the highest summit of the Sahara. The 60 x 80 km massif was constructed over a basement of Cretaceous and Paleozoic sandstones. Two nested calderas, 12 x 15 km in size, truncate the dominantly trachytic volcano, whose 3415 m high point lies on the southern caldera rim of the low-angle pyroclastic shield volcano. The calderas contain several explosion craters, lava domes, and young scoria cones, along with lava flows of recent and pre-modern age (Geze et al., 1959). The spectacular Era Kohor (Trou au Natron du Koussi) caldera on the SE floor of the 2nd caldera is 2-3 km wide and 350 m deep. The latest activity in the calderas produced three maars, and numerous basaltic cinder cones and associated lava flows have been constructed both within the calderas and on their outer flanks. The Yi-Yerra thermal area is located on the S flank.
Harley Thompson

5
Reviewed: 2018-05-28

I didn't go there but it looks like a little sloth face on top