GVP volcano 222160 · no holder yet
Meru
Meru is a 4,550 m stratovolcano in Tanzania, last erupted in 1910.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,550 m above sea level
- Rock
- Phonolite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1910
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 5850 BCE
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 3.24°S 36.75°E · Tanzania
- Region
- Kenyan Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222160
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).