List of volcanoes in Tanzania

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

NameElevationLocationLast eruption
metresfeetCoordinates
Burko[1]----
Embulbul[2]----
Elan Nairobi ----
Esimingor [1]----
Gelai [3]----
Igwisi Hills--4°52′S 31°55′E / 4.87°S 31.92°E / -4.87; 31.92Holocene
Izumbwe-Mpoli156851448°56′S 33°24′E / 8.93°S 33.40°E / -8.93; 33.40Holocene
Ketumbaine [3]----
Kieyo217571369°14′S 33°47′E / 9.23°S 33.78°E / -9.23; 33.781800
Mount Kilimanjaro589519,3403°04′S 37°21′E / 3.07°S 37.35°E / -3.07; 37.35-
Lemagrut ----
Mount Loolmalasin [4]3682---
Meru456514,9773°15′S 36°45′E / 3.25°S 36.75°E / -3.25; 36.751910
Ngorongoro --3°09′S 39°18′E / 3.15°S 39.30°E / -3.15; 39.30-
Ngozi262286028°58′S 33°34′E / 8.97°S 33.57°E / -8.97; 33.57Holocene
Ol Doinyo Lengai296297182°45′50″S 35°54′50″E / 2.764°S 35.914°E / -2.764; 35.9142010 (ongoing)
Oldeani [3]----
Ololmoti ----
Olossirwa ----
Mount Rungwe296197149°08′S 33°40′E / 9.13°S 33.67°E / -9.13; 33.67Holocene
Unnamed--8°38′S 33°34′E / 8.63°S 33.57°E / -8.63; 33.57Holocene
Usangu Basin217971498°45′S 33°48′E / 8.75°S 33.80°E / -8.75; 33.80Holocene

References

  1. 1 2 Yu. L. Kapustin; A. I. Polyakov (1985). "CARBONA TITE VOLCANOS OF EAST AFRICA AND THE GENESIS OF CARBONA TITES". International Geology Review. 27 (4): 434–448. doi:10.1080/00206818509466431.
  2. ↑ T. Alexander Barns (December 1921). "The Highlands of the Great Craters, Tanganyika Territory". The Geographical Journal. 58 (6): 410. doi:10.2307/1781718. JSTOR 1781718.
  3. 1 2 3 Lee Siebert; Tom Simkin; Paul Kimberly (2010). Volcanoes of the World. University of California Press. pp. 351–. ISBN 978-0-520-26877-7.
  4. ↑ "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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