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GVP volcano 222010 · no holder yet

Lake Turkana Central Island

Lake Turkana Central Island is a 518 m tuff cone in Kenya, with no dated eruption on record.

Type
Tuff cone(s) (minor (basaltic) landform)
Summit
518 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
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
3.50°N 36.04°E · Kenya
Region
Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222010

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