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Menengai

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  • Country
  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 0.2°S
  • 36.07°E

  • 2,278 m
    7,474 ft

  • 222060
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
    Elevation

  • Volcano
    Number

The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Menengai.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Menengai.

The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Menengai.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 2 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

6050 BCE (?) Confirmed Eruption (Explosive / Effusive) VEI: 6

Episode 1 | Eruption (Explosive / Effusive)
6050 BCE (?) - Unknown Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

List of 5 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Pyroclastic flow
   - - - -    - - - - Ash
   - - - -    - - - - Caldera Explosion
6050 BCE
(?)
   - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)

7350 BCE ± 500 years Confirmed Eruption (Explosive / Effusive)  

Episode 1 | Eruption (Explosive / Effusive)
7350 BCE ± 500 years - Unknown Evidence from Correlation: Tephrochronology

List of 3 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Phreatic activity
   - - - -    - - - - Ash

The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Menengai.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

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

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