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Kenya · Shield volcano

Ol Kokwe

Type
Shield volcano
Elevation
1130m
Last eruption
Unknown
Ol Kokwe Island in Lake Baringo is seen in an aerial view looking W towards the Saimo escarpment of the rift margin. The elongated Island consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano. N-S-trending faults cut the island, forming the double-tipped peninsula in the foreground and the narrow peninsula at the left center. The smaller island beyond Ol Kokwe is Parmalok, a tuff cone that fed a small lava flow.
Ol Kokwe Island in Lake Baringo is seen in an aerial view looking W towards the Saimo escarpment of the rift margin. The elongated Island consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano. N-S-trending faults cut the island, forming the double-tipped peninsula in the foreground and the narrow peninsula at the left center. The smaller island beyond Ol Kokwe is Parmalok, a tuff cone that fed a small lava flow. · Photo: Photo by Martin Smith, 1993 (copyright British Geological Survey, NERC).
Type
Shield volcano
Country
Kenya
Region
Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation
1130m
Coordinates
0.620, 36.075
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Shield
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

The elongated Ol Kokwe Island in the center of Lake Baringo SW of Korosi volcano consists of young basaltic scoria cones that cap a trachytic shield volcano.

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

Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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