List of volcanoes in Tanzania
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tanzania.
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
Burko[1] | - | - | - | - |
Embulbul[2] | - | - | - | - |
Elan Nairobi[verification needed] | - | - | - | - |
Esimingor [1] | - | - | - | - |
Gelai[3] | - | - | - | - |
Igwisi Hills | - | - | 4°52′S 31°55′E / 4.87°S 31.92°E | Holocene |
Izumbwe-Mpoli | 1568 | 5144 | 8°56′S 33°24′E / 8.93°S 33.40°E | Holocene |
Ketumbaine [3] | - | - | - | - |
Kieyo | 2175 | 7136 | 9°14′S 33°47′E / 9.23°S 33.78°E | 1800 |
Mount Kilimanjaro | 5895 | 19,340 | 3°04′S 37°21′E / 3.07°S 37.35°E | - |
Lemagrut[verification needed] | - | - | - | - |
Mount Loolmalasin[4] | 3682 | - | - | - |
Meru | 4565 | 14,977 | 3°15′S 36°45′E / 3.25°S 36.75°E | 1910 |
Ngorongoro[verification needed] | - | - | 3°09′S 39°18′E / 3.15°S 39.30°E | - |
Ngozi | 2622 | 8602 | 8°58′S 33°34′E / 8.97°S 33.57°E | Holocene |
Ol Doinyo Lengai | 2962 | 9718 | 2°45′50″S 35°54′50″E / 2.764°S 35.914°E | 2017 |
Oldeani[3] | - | - | - | - |
Ololmoti[verification needed] | - | - | - | - |
Olossirwa[verification needed] | - | - | - | - |
Mount Rungwe | 2961 | 9714 | 9°08′S 33°40′E / 9.13°S 33.67°E | Holocene |
Unnamed | - | - | 8°38′S 33°34′E / 8.63°S 33.57°E | Holocene |
Usangu Basin | 2179 | 7149 | 8°45′S 33°48′E / 8.75°S 33.80°E | Holocene |
References[]
- ^ a b Yu. L. Kapustin; A. I. Polyakov (1985). "Carbonatite Volcanos of East Africa and the Genesis of Carbonatites". International Geology Review. 27 (4): 434–448. Bibcode:1985IGRv...27..434K. doi:10.1080/00206818509466431.
- ^ T. Alexander Barns (December 1921). "The Highlands of the Great Craters, Tanganyika Territory". The Geographical Journal. 58 (6): 401–416. doi:10.2307/1781718. JSTOR 1781718.
- ^ a b c Lee Siebert; Tom Simkin; Paul Kimberly (2010). Volcanoes of the World. University of California Press. pp. 351–. ISBN 978-0-520-26877-7.
- ^ "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
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