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GVP volcano 222071 · no holder yet

Elmenteita Badlands

Elmenteita Badlands is a 2,126 m pyroclastic cone in Kenya, with no dated eruption on record.

Type
Pyroclastic cone(s) (cluster landform)
Summit
2,126 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
0.55°S 36.25°E · Kenya
Region
Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222071

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