List of volcanoes in Tanzania explained

See also: Lists of volcanoes.

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tanzania.

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metresfeetCoordinates
Burko[1] 21367008-3.33°N 36.22°W-
Embulbul[2] ----
Elanairobi[3] 3220 10564 2.92°S 35.83°EPleistocene
Esimingor ----
Gelai[4] ----
---4.87°N 31.92°W Holocene
Izumbwe-Mpoli 1568 5144 -8.93°N 33.4°W Holocene
Ketumbaine ----
Kieyo 2175 7136 -9.23°N 33.78°W 1800
5895 19,340 -3.07°N 37.35°W -
Lemagrut[5] ----
Mount Loolmalasin[6] 3682 ---
4565 14,977 -3.25°N 36.75°W 1910
Ngorongoro---3.15°N 39.3°W -
2622 8602 -8.97°N 33.57°W Holocene
Ol Doinyo Lengai[7] 2962 9718 -2.764°N 35.914°W 2017
321510547.93.30°S35.45°E
Olmoti[8] 2188 7178 -2.68°N 37.88°W Pleistocene
Mount Rungwe[9] 2961 9714 -9.13°N 33.67°W Holocene
Unnamed - - -8.63°N 33.57°W Holocene
Usangu Basin 2179 7149 -8.75°N 33.8°W Holocene

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. . 1985 . 27 . 4 . 434–448 . 10.1080/00206818509466431 . Yu. L. Kapustin . A. I. Polyakov. Carbonatite Volcanos of East Africa and the Genesis of Carbonatites . 1985IGRv...27..434K .
  2. 1781718 . The Highlands of the Great Craters, Tanganyika Territory . T. Alexander Barns . The Geographical Journal . December 1921 . 58 . 6 . 401–416 . 10.2307/1781718 .
  3. Web site: Embagai . 2023-08-30 . Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program.
  4. Book: Lee Siebert. Tom Simkin. Paul Kimberly. Volcanoes of the World. 2010. University of California Press. 978-0-520-26877-7. 351–.
  5. Web site: PBS Online: Ngorongoro: Fiery Origins . 2022-04-15 . www.pbs.org.
  6. http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/africa.html "Africa Ultra-Prominences"
  7. Web site: Venzke . E . Ol Doinyo Lengai (222120) . Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution . 22 September 2023.
  8. Web site: Global Volcanism Program Olmoti . 2022-04-15 . Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program . en.
  9. Web site: Venzke . E . Rungwe (222166) . Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution . 22 September 2023 . en.