GVP volcano 223001 · no holder yet
Fort Portal Volcanic Field
Fort Portal Volcanic Field is a 1,615 m volcanic field in Uganda, last erupted around 2120 BCE.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,615 m above sea level
- Rock
- Foidite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2120 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.70°N 30.25°E · Uganda
- Region
- Albertine Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 223001
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).