GVP volcano 222170 · no holder yet
Kyejo
Kyejo is a 2,176 m stratovolcano in Tanzania, last erupted in 1800.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 2,176 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyte / Trachydacite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1800
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1800
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 9.23°S 33.79°E · Tanzania
- Region
- Rukwa Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 222170
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).