GVP volcano 222130 · no holder yet
Chyulu Hills
Chyulu Hills is a 2,188 m volcanic field in Kenya, last erupted in 1855.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 2,188 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1855
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1855
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 2.68°S 37.88°E · Kenya
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222130
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).