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Volcano news from Tanzania

Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania), activity update: natrocarbonatite lava at the crater floor
The crater of Lengai with active natrocarbonatite lava on its floor (photo: Michael Dalton-Smith)
Monday, Oct 11, 2010
Our friend Michael Dalton-Smith flew over Lengai 10 Oct 2010 and snapped a few shots of the crater. There were some recent small lava flows inside th... [more]
Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania), activity update: strong decrease in activity
Tuesday, Apr 08, 2008
Over the past three weeks, Lengai has quietened down significantly. Observers report a complete pause in activity lasting about two weeks, and then re... [more]

Volcanoes of Tanzania (2 volcanoes)

Ol Doinyo Lengai | Kilimanjaro
Ol Doinyo Lengai
(stratovolcano)		 Erupting hornito at Lengai volcanoAsh eruptions from the new crater cone of Lengai volcano in 2008Ol Doinyo Lengai, a symmetrical, steep classical stratovolcano rises majestically about 2000m from the East Africal Rift Valley depression to a summit elevation of 2890 m. To the Maassai people, it is home of God, which is also the meaning of the name. Ol Doinyo Lengai is the onl... [more]
Kilimanjaro
(stratovolcano)		 Massive Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, consists of three large stratovolcanoes constructed along a NW-SE trend. [more]