Huri Volcano
Updated: Sep 12, 2024 17:57 GMT -
Shield 1300 m / 4265 ft
Kenya, 3.5°N / 37.75°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Kenya, 3.5°N / 37.75°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Huri volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The 90 x 110 km Pliocene to Pleistocene Huri shield volcano is capped by cinder cones along a NNE-SSW trend. Some relatively uneroded cones in this arid region are over 1 million years old (Charsley 1987).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
Huri Volcano Photos
The droplets found at the sulphur deposits and fumarolic vents are (weak) sulphuric acid from which sulphur crystals can precipitate (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Sulphur crystals and sulphuric acid drops around and active vent (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Day 3: Drops of sulphuric acid are often seen dangling from above the fumarole vent, they are the intrermediary step between hydrogen sulfide gas and solid sulfur (Photo:...
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