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Lake Turkana Central Island

Photo of this volcano
  • Kenya
  • Tuff cone(s)
  • Unknown - Evidence Credible
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  • Country
  • Primary Volcano Type
  • Last Known Eruption
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  • 3.496°N
  • 36.0365°E

  • 518 m
    1699 ft

  • 222010
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
    Elevation

  • Volcano
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Lake Turkana Central Island.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Lake Turkana Central Island.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Lake Turkana Central Island.

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Eruptive History

There is data available for 0 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

[ 1974 Jul 22 (?) - 1974 Jul 27 ± 1 days ] Uncertain Eruption

Episode 1 | Eruption Episode East side of Central Island
1974 Jul 22 (?) - 1974 Jul 27 ± 1 days Evidence from Unknown

List of 3 Events for Episode 1 at East side of Central Island

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Phreatic activity Uncertain
   - - - -    - - - - Fumarolic or Solfataric
1974 Jul 22
(?)
   - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Lake Turkana Central Island.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Lake Turkana Central Island.

GVP Map Holdings

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Lake Turkana Central Island in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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