Emuruangogolak

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Emuruangogolak
Emuruangogolak Location in Kenya
Elevation	1,328 m (4,357 ft)^[1]
Location
Location	Kenya
Coordinates	1°30′N 36°20′E / 1.50°N 36.33°E / 1.50; 36.33Coordinates: 1°30′N 36°20′E / 1.50°N 36.33°E / 1.50; 36.33
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene to recent
Last eruption	1910

Emuruangogolak is an active shield volcano straddling the Gregory Rift in Kenya, in Eastern Africa. It has a 3.5 by 5.0 km caldera on its summit. The last known eruption was a trachyte flow which occurred in 1910.^[1] Steam vents and fumarolic activity continues from fissures within the caldera and along the flanks of the volcano. Several maar lakes exist in the rift valley adjacent to the volcano.^[1] The volcano's summit is at 1328 m (4357 feet) elevation, and its formation is calculated to have been 38,000 years ago.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Emuruangogolak". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0202-051.

v t e Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Volcanoes	Barrier Volcano Namarunu Emuruangogolak Silali Paka Korosi Menengai Eburru Olkaria Longonot Suswa

Hills and escarpments	Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills

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

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Emuruangogolak

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