The paper is dedicated to the geological structure of Ethiopia and Simien Mountains, which are located in the northern part of the North Ethiopian Plateau composed of Oligocene plateau basalts hosting Oligocene-Miocene shield volcanoes.

Keywords: Africa, Ethiopia, Simien Mountains, plateau basalts.

Received 26.12.2020, accepted 28.01.2021

K.A. Novoselov , South Urals Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RAS, Institute of Mineralogy, Miass, Chelyabinsk district, 456317 Russia; const31@yandex.ru

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