List of volcanoes in Kenya
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Kenya.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| The Barrier The Barrier (volcano) The Barrier is a shield volcano located in Kenya. It is known to have last erupted in 1921.... |
1032 | 3385 | 2.32°N 36.57°E | 1921 |
| Central Island Central Island Central Island, also known as Crocodile Island, is a volcanic island located in the middle of Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is also the location of Central Island National Park, which is governed by the Kenya Wildlife Service.... |
550 | 1804 | 3.50°N 36.042°E | |
| Chyulu Hills Chyulu Hills Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in eastern Kenya. It forms a 100 kilometre long volcanic field in elongated NW-SE direction. Its highest peak is 2188 metres high.- Geography :... |
2188 | 7178 | 2.68°S 37.88°E | 1855 |
| Mount Elgon Mount Elgon Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale.- Physical features :It is the oldest and largest solitary volcano in East Africa, covering an area of around 3500 km².... |
4321 | 14178 | 1.1°S 34.5°E | |
| Elmenteita Badlands Elmenteita Badlands The Elementeita Badlands, also known as the Otutu Forest or Ututu Forest, is a lava flow in Kenya that covers approximately . The area was previously covered in thick dryland forest characterized by cedar trees, , and Leleshwa bushes... |
2126 | 6975 | 0.52°S 36.27°E | Holocene |
| Emuruangogolak Emuruangogolak Emuruangogolak is a shield volcano straddling the Gregory Rift in Kenya, a country in Eastern Africa. The last known eruption was in 1910 +/- 50 years. The volcano's summit is at 1328 m elevation, and its formation is calculated to have been 38,000 years ago.... |
1328 | 4357 | 1.50°N 36.33°E | 1910 |
| Homa Mountain | 1751 | 5745 | 0.38°S 34.50°E | Holocene |
| Mount Kenya Mount Kenya Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian , Nelion and Point Lenana . Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi... |
5199 | 17057 | 0°9′S 37°18′E | |
| Korosi Korosi Korosi is a shield volcano located at the northern end of Lake Baringo, Kenya.- References :*... |
1446 | 4744 | 0.77°N 36.12°E | Holocene |
| Likaiu | 915 | 3000 | 2.17°N 36.36°E | |
| Longonot Mount Longonot Mount Longonot is a dormant stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. Its name is derived from the Maasai word oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".Mount Longonot is... |
2776 | 9108 | 0.914°S 36.446°E | 1863 |
| Marsabit Mount Marsabit Marsabit is a 6300 km² basaltic shield volcano in Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift, in Marsabit District near the town of Marsabit. This was primarily built during the Miocene, but some lava flows and explosive maar-forming eruptions have occurred more... |
1707 | 5600 | 2.32°N 37.97°E | Holocene |
| Menengai Menengai Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano inside one of the biggest calderas in the world, located in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Farmland occupies its flanks.Menengai is located north of Nakuru, the third-biggest city in Kenya.... |
2278 | 7472 | 0.20°S 36.07°E | 6050 BC |
| Namarunu Namarunu - References :*... |
817 | 2680 | 1.90°N 36.27°E | 6550 BC |
| North Island (Kenya) | 520 | 1706 | 4.07°N 36.05°E | |
| Nyambeni Hills | 750 | 2460 | 0.23°N 37.87°E | Holocene |
| Ol Doinyo Eburru | 2856 | 9370 | 0.63°S 36.23°E | |
| Ol Kokwe | 1130 | 3707 | 0.63°N 36.08°E | Holocene |
| Olkaria | 2434 | 7985 | 0.904°S 36.292°E | 1770 |
| Paka Paka (volcano) Paka is a shield volcano located in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Geothermal activity is widespread at Paka. Paka means "cat"in Swahilli.- References :*... |
1697 | 5568 | 0.92°N 36.18°E | 6050 BC |
| Segererua Plateau | 699 | 2293 | 1.57°N 37.90°E | Holocene |
| Silali | 1528 | 5013 | 1.15°N 36.23°E | 5050 BC |
| South Island (Kenya) | 800 | 2625 | 2.63°N 36.60°E | 1888 |
| Suswa Suswa Suswa is a shield volcano in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is located between Narok and Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.Suswa has a unique double crater with a moat-like inner crater surrounding a tilted block of rock... |
2356 | 7730 | 1.175°S 36.35°E | |