GVP volcano 222166 · no holder yet
Rungwe
Rungwe is a 2,953 m stratovolcano in Tanzania, last erupted in 1250.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,953 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1250
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 2050 BCE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 9.13°S 33.67°E · Tanzania
- Region
- Rukwa Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222166
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).