Tanzania · Stratovolcano
Mount Meru
Meru
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 4550m
- Last eruption
- 1910
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Tanzania
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 4550m
- Coordinates
- -3.244, 36.750
- Last eruption
- 1910
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Phonolite
Geological summary
Meru has a conical profile when viewed from the west, but there is a 4-km-wide collapse crater to the E.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Meru is a dormant stratovolcano located 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Kilimanjaro in southeast Arusha Region, Tanzania. At a height of 4,562.13 metres (14,968 ft), it is visible from Mount Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the eighth-highest mountain of Africa.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5850 BCE – 1910
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (5850 BCE)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1910VEI 2Observed1910-10-26 – 1910-12-22Ash Cone
- 1886VEI 0Observed1886-07-02 – end unknownDome NW of Ash Cone
- 1878 (±1 yrs)VEI 2Observed1878-07-02 – end unknownDome NW of Ash Cone
- 5850 BCEVEI 4Geological estimate5850 BCE – end unknown
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