The Barrier volcano
Shield volcano 1032 m / 3,386 ft
Kenya, 2.32°N / 36.57°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Kenya, 2.32°N / 36.57°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
The Barrier volcano eruptions: 1921
The Barrier volcano eruptions: 1921
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Background:
The Barrier volcanic complex separates Lake Turkana from the broad Suguta Trough to the south, the site of a former lake. The volcano is comprised of four overlapping shield volcanoes, with the youngest, Kakorinya, located over the axis of the East African Rift. Kalolenyang volcano lies west of Kakorinya, and Likaiu West and Likaiu East volcano are located to the ENE. A 3.8-km-wide summit caldera was formed at Kakorinya volcano about 92,000 years ago. Youthful-looking trachytic and phonolitic lava domes and flows erupted within the caldera and along its ring fracture fill much of the caldera floor. Early Holocene fissure-related scoria cones and lava flows dot the volcano's southern and northern flanks. Solfataric fields are located within the caldera and on the western and southern flanks of the volcano. Historical eruptions from Teleki's and Andrew's cones on the northern and southern flanks, respectively, have produced basaltic explosive activity and lava flows during the 19th and 20th centuries.---
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