Ol Doinyo Nyokie Volcano
Updated: Apr 17, 2024 17:57 GMT -
Tuff cone 1169 m / 3835 ft
Kenya, -1.8°S / 36.38°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Kenya, -1.8°S / 36.38°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Ol Doinyo Nyokie volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The late-Pleistocene Ol Doinyo Nyokie ignimbrite complex formed as a result of ash-flow fissure eruptions and ash flows erupted from a central vent, forming a dome-shaped tuff cone (Baker, 1975).---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information