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Menengai Volcano - John Seach
Kenya
0.20 S, 36.07 E
summit elevation 2278 m
Shield volcano
Menengai volcano is located on the floor of the Rift Valley. It is one of five recent volcanoes in the central Kenya Rift valley. The volcano was formed about 200,000 years ago with the growth of a 30 cubic km volume lava shield. The 12 x 8 km caldera formed 8000 years ago. More than 70 post caldera lava flows cover the caldera floor. Cinder cones are rare at the volcano.
Menengai Crater - John Seach
The south and western portions of the crater are complete. In the centre of the caldera there is a small cone rising above surrounding lava, which shows fumarolic activity. There have been four fumaroles measured with temperatures up to 94 deg C.
Menengai Volcano Eruptions
7350 BC