GVP volcano 222030 · no holder yet
The Barrier
The Barrier is a 1,032 m shield volcano in Kenya, last erupted in 1921.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,032 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1921
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1921
- Eruptions
- 10 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 2.32°N 36.57°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).