Eruption of Menengai
7350 a.C. · 0.20° S, 36.07° E
Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa. Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks.
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O que dizem os registros
- Quando
- 7350 a.C.
- Tipo
- Erupção vulcânica
- Coordenadas
- 0.20° S, 36.07° E
- Date uncertainty
- ± 500 years
- Dated by
- Correlation: Tephrochronology
- Volcano number
- 222060
- Eruption number
- 13989
Menengai
Shield volcano in Kenya
Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa. Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks. The crater is on the floor of the Rift Valley.
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A fonte
- 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.VOTW5-2025.5.3Página da fonte