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Manda-Inakir

mountain in Eritrea

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ3285402 ↗
Source-derived summary

Manda-Inakir (Arabic: ماندا-إناكير) is a system of fissure vents and cinder cones located along the borders between Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Last erupting in 1928, it produced a cinder cone called Kammourta. It has an elevation of over 600 metres.

See also

Emba Soira

References

"Manda-Inakir". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

Editorial summary

“Manda-Inakir” enters the record as mountain in Eritrea. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Manda-Inakir, mountain and Eritrea can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Manda-Inakir, mountain and Eritrea.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Manda-Inakir” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Manda-Inakir, mountain and Eritrea provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3285402. Authority coordinates are 12.633, 42.333. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928 and 2014.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Manda-Inakir”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Manda-Inakir primary sources, Manda-Inakir archive and Manda-Inakir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Manda-Inakir”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Manda-Inakir” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.