Chyulu Hills Volcano
Updated: Dec 8, 2024 02:32 GMT -
Volcanic field 2188 m / 7,178 ft
Kenya, -2.68°S / 37.88°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Kenya, -2.68°S / 37.88°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Chyulu Hills volcano eruptions: 1855 ± 5 years
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Background
The 100-km-long NW-SE-trending Chyulu Hills volcanic field is located 150 km east of the Kenya Rift. It contains several hundred small cones and flows, including numerous Recent cinder cones. Two of these, Shaitani and Chainu, erupted during the mid-19th century. Volcanic activity began about 1.4 million years ago with eruptions in the northern Chyulu Hills and migrated to the SE, where a large number of Holocene cones are found. Many of the cinder cones are aligned along dominantly NW-trending older faults and younger NNE-trending fissures. The silica contents of the lava flows increased with time. Early flows consisted of foidites; later Holocene lava flows are basanites and alkali basalts.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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Chyulu Hills Volcano Maps
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Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (world scale)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (world scale)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale large)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale small)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (region scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale large)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale large)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale medium)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale medium)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale small)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (local scale small)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of 10s of km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of 20-40 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Terrain-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of approx. 10-20 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of 5-10 km)
Satellite/aerial-type map of Chyulu Hills volcano (scale of few kilometers)
