Kenya · Complex volcano
Ol Doinyo Eburru
Eburru, Ol Doinyo
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 2856m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2856m
- Coordinates
- -0.650, 36.220
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Rhyolite
Geological summary
Eburru volcano is elongated E-W perpendicular to the Gregory Rift NW of Lake Naivasha. The main edifice is eroded, but young partly vegetated rhyolitic domes occur on the E flank and are probably of Holocene age (Thompson and Dodson, 1963).
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From Wikipedia
Ol Doinyo Eburru is an active complex of volcanoes in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya to the northwest of Lake Naivasha. It is being exploited for geothermal energy. Soysambu Conservancy is located to the north of the massif, between Lake Elmenteita to the east and Lake Nakuru to the west.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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