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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Olkaria
Vents of the northern part of the Olkaria volcanic complex are visible immediately S of Lake Naivasha (upper right). It comprises up to 80 individual rhyolitic centers, many of which are visible in this Landsat image. The youngest known eruption has a radiocarbon age of about 180 years. Fumarolic activity occurs at the Njorowa Gorge and at the Orengingnai and Orkaria (Olgaria) pumice cones. NASA Landsat image, 1999 (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology).
Volcano Number:
222090
Volcano Name:
Olkaria
Country:
Kenya
Volcano Type:
Pyroclastic cone(s)
Last Eruption:
1770 CE
Elevation:
2434m
Tectonic Setting:
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
59747
Pop. within 10km:
59747
Pop. within 30km:
208003
Pop. within 100km:
8437829
Latitude:
-0.904
Longitude:
36.292
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The Olkaria volcanic complex, located immediately S of Lake Naivasha and W of Longonot volcano, comprises up to 80 individual alkali rhyolite centers. A thick, geochemically diverse basal complex is overlain by a dominantly silicic lava-dome and lava-flow complex constructed within a largely obscured 11 x 7.5-km-wide caldera that formed about 20,000 years ago following the eruption of welded alkali rhyolite ignimbrites. The youngest known eruption originated from the Ololbutot fissure on the SW side of the complex and produced a 5 km3 lava flow and a pumice flow that has a radiocarbon age of about 180 years. Fumarolic activity occurs at the Njorowa Gorge, and at the Orengingnai and Olkaria (Orgaria) pumice cones. Olkaria is the site of a large 50-80 km3 high-temperature geothermal field.
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