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Embagai volcano

Caldera 3220 m / 10564 ft
Tanzania, -2.92°S / 35.83°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Embagai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
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Embagai (also spelled Empakai) is an extinct volcano in the Tanzanian Rift valley near the famous Ngorongoro crater.
Its caldera is surrounded by steep, forested cliffs approx. 300 m high and contains a beautiful crater lake home to thousands of flamingos and other birds.

Background:

Included in a list of Quaternary volcanoes (Latter, 1975b).
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