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GVP volcano 222001 · no holder yet

Lake Turkana North Island

Lake Turkana North Island is a 490 m tuff cone in Kenya, with no dated eruption on record.

Type
Tuff cone(s) (minor (basaltic) landform)
Summit
490 m above sea level
Rock
Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
Setting
Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
no dated eruption
Largest known
no eruption with a measured size
Eruptions
0 confirmed in the record
Where
4.06°N 36.05°E · Kenya
Region
Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222001

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