GVP volcano 222100 · no holder yet
Longonot
Longonot is a 2,776 m stratovolcano in Kenya, last erupted in 1863.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,776 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1863
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1863
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.91°S 36.45°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).