GVP volcano 222053 · no holder yet
Paka
Paka is a 1,697 m shield volcano in Kenya, last erupted around 7550 BCE.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 1,697 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 7550 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 7550 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.92°N 36.18°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222053
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).