Menengai

(Redirected from Menengai Crater) Shield volcano in Kenya

Menengai
Menengai Crater - view from the edge
Highest point
Elevation	2,278 m (7,474 ft)
Coordinates	0°12′S 36°04′E / 0.20°S 36.07°E / -0.20; 36.07
Geography
MenengaiLocation in Kenya
Location	Kenya
Geology
Mountain type	Shield volcano
Last eruption	6050 BCE (?)
Climbing
Easiest route	via taking the north east route for bus

Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa. Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks. The crater is on the floor of the Rift Valley. The volcano formed about 200,000 years ago and the prominent 12 x 8 km caldera formed about 8000 years ago. The caldera floor is covered with numerous post caldera lava flows. The Menengai volcano is considered one of the best-preserved Krakatau-style calderas in the world. Menengai has very little sediment in the caldera which is a thick mass of lava boulders and inaccessible ridges. Volcanic activity continues and a current project under the GDC is at an advanced stage towards geothermal power generation.

Menengai is 10 km (6 mi) north of Nakuru, the fourth-biggest city in Kenya.

References

"Menengai Crater". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
Seach, John. "Menengai Volcano - John Seach". www.volcanolive.com. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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"Menengai Crater Kenya / Rift Valley / Nakuru /". wikimapia. wikimapia. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
OBWOCHA, BEATRICE. "Menengai crater to become active again". Retrieved 28 February 2015.

v t e Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Volcanoes	Barrier Volcano Namarunu Emuruangogolak Silali Paka Korosi Menengai Eburru Olkaria Longonot Mount Suswa
Hills and escarpments	Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills Loriu Plateau
Lakes	Turkana Logipi Baringo Bogoria Nakuru Elmenteita Naivasha Magadi Natron
Rivers	Suguta Kerio Molo Ol Arabel Perkerra Waseges Gilgil Malewa Turasha Southern Ewaso Ng'iro
Conservation areas	Kerio Valley National Reserve Lake Baringo National Park Lake Bogoria National Reserve Lake Nakuru National Park Mount Kipipiri Forest Reserve Kigio Wildlife Conservancy Lake Naivasha National Park Hell's Gate National Park Mount Longonot National Park Mount Suswa Conservancy Shompole Conservancy
Urban centres	Kapedo Kinyang Marigat Nakuru Gilgil Naivasha Magadi
Paleontological and archeological sites	Afar Triangle Aiyangiyang Amboseli Karsa Koobi Fora Laetoli Lothagam Olduvai Gorge Rusinga Island

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