GVP volcano 222020 · no holder yet
Lake Turkana South Island
Lake Turkana South Island is an 800 m stratovolcano in Kenya, last erupted in 1888.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (shield landform)
- Summit
- 800 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1888
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1888
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 2.64°N 36.60°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).