Kenya · Shield volcano
Mount Marsabit
Marsabit
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 1707m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1707m
- Coordinates
- 2.320, 37.970
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Marsabit is a massive basaltic shield volcano located 170 km E off the center of the East African Rift.
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From Wikipedia
Marsabit is a 6300 km2 basaltic shield volcano in Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift, in Marsabit County near the town of Marsabit. This was primarily built during the Miocene, but some lava flows and explosive maar-forming eruptions have occurred more recently. At least two of the maars host crater lakes.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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