GVP volcano 222090 · no holder yet
Olkaria
Olkaria is a 2,434 m pyroclastic cone in Kenya, last erupted in 1770.
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,434 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1770
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.90°S 36.29°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222090
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).