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Lake Turkana South Island

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  • Kenya
  • Stratovolcano
  • 1888 CE
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  • Last Known Eruption
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  • 2.6364°N
  • 36.5958°E

  • 800 m
    2625 ft

  • 222020
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Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

1888 Confirmed Eruption Max VEI: 1

Episode 1 | Eruption Episode
1888 - Unknown Evidence from Observations: Reported

List of 2 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
1888    - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)
Deformation History

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

Emission History

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

Photo Gallery

South Island (left center) is the southernmost and largest of the three volcanic islands in Lake Turkana. North is to the left in this International Space Station view. Lava flows erupted from a fissure extending the 11-km length of the island and form much of the eastern shoreline (top). An eruption from a scoria cone on South Island was witnessed during Count von Teliki's 1888 expedition.

NASA International Space Station image ISS006-E-5095, 2002 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
South Island (right) is the southernmost and largest of the three volcanic islands in Lake Turkana. The island (sometimes referred to as Hohnel Island) contains numerous cones and rises 320 m above the lake surface. Lava flows erupted from a N-S fissure extending the 11-km length of the island. An eruption from a scoria cone on South Island was witnessed during Count von Teliki's 1888 expedition.

Photo by Doron, 1999 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:LakeTurkanaSouthIsland.jpg).
The South Island is the southernmost of three volcanic islands within Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, at 11 x 5.5 km plus smaller islands around the main exposed landmass, seen here in this September 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top). Lava flows form much of the surface and a fissure runs along the center of the island. Smaller cones and craters are also visible, with a larger crater at the northern end of the island.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).
GVP Map Holdings

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

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

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