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Mount Homa

Homa Mountain

Type: Complex volcano
Elevation: 1751m
Last eruption: Unknown

Mount Homa — Photo: Valerius Tygart · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Type: Complex volcano
Country: Kenya
Region: Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
Elevation: 1751m
Coordinates: -0.380, 34.500
Last eruption: Unknown
Tectonic setting: Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform: Composite
Major rock type: Foidite

Geological summary

Homa Mountain is a large carbonatitic complex with a flat-topped summit that forms a broad peninsula on the E shore of Lake Victoria.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Homa is a complex volcano located in western Kenya. It forms a broad peninsula on the southern shore of Winam Gulf, an extension of Lake Victoria. This peninsula defines Homa Bay and the mountaintop is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town of that name.

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Eruption history

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