Kenya · Volcanic field
Chyulu Hills
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 2188m
- Last eruption
- 1855
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- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 2188m
- Coordinates
- -2.680, 37.880
- Last eruption
- 1855
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
The 100-km-long NW-SE-trending Chyulu Hills volcanic field is located 150 km E of the Kenya Rift. It contains several hundred small cones and flows, including numerous recent cinder cones.
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
From Wikipedia
The Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya. It forms a 100 km (62 mi)-long volcanic field in an elongated northwest–southeast direction. Its highest peak is 2,188 m (7,178 ft) high.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 2250 BCE (±110 yrs) – 1855
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1855)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1855 (±5 yrs)VEI 2Geological estimate1855-07-02 – end unknownShaitani and Chaimu
- 1470 (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate1470 – end unknownUmani
- 2250 BCE (±110 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate2250 BCE – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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