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Kenya · Shield volcano

Korosi

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
1446m
Last eruption
Unknown
Getang crater, also known as Kinyach, is on the N side of the Korosi summit area. The walls of the 600-m-wide, 120-m-deep crater expose trachytic lava flows. The youngest activity at Korosi, consisting of fissure-fed basaltic lava flows on the lower northern flanks, may have occurred only a few hundred to a few thousand years ago.
Getang crater, also known as Kinyach, is on the N side of the Korosi summit area. The walls of the 600-m-wide, 120-m-deep crater expose trachytic lava flows. The youngest activity at Korosi, consisting of fissure-fed basaltic lava flows on the lower northern flanks, may have occurred only a few hundred to a few thousand years ago. · Photo: Photo by Martin Smith, 1993 (copyright British Geological Survey, NERC).
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Kenya
Region
Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
1446m
Coordinates
0.770, 36.120
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Trachyte / Trachydacite

Geological summary

The trachytic Korosi shield volcano lies at the N end of Lake Baringo. Unlike other rift valley volcanoes, it does not contain a summit caldera.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Korosi is a shield volcano located in the Gregory Rift at the northern end of Lake Baringo, Kenya.

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Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

Nearby volcanoes

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