Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Longonot
7200 BCE · 0.91° S, 36.45° E
Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. Its name is derived from the Maasai word Olongongot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".
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What the records say
- When
- 7200 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 0.91° S, 36.45° E
- Date uncertainty
- ± 100 years
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
- Volcano number
- 222100
- Eruption number
- 13994
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page