Embagai Volcano
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 10:56 GMT -
Caldera 3220 m / 10564 ft
Tanzania, -2.92°S / 35.83°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Tanzania, -2.92°S / 35.83°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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.
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Embagai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Included in a list of Quaternary volcanoes (Latter, 1975b).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information