Kyejo
| Kyejo | |
|---|---|
 View from Tukuyu | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,176 m (7,139 ft) |
| Coordinates | 9°13′44″N 33°47′31″E / 9.229°N 33.792°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Mbeya Region |
| Parent range | Kipengere Range |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 1800 |
Kyejo is an active stratovolcano in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania.[1] It is located northwest of Lake Malawi.[2] Eruptions at Kyejo are typically effusive although some moderately-sized explosions occur at its summit. Its numerous parasitic cones, a combination of spatter and cinder cones, are mostly distributed along its southern flanks. Volcanic activity in the area initiated during the mid-Pleistocene. Its last eruption was dated to around 1800 and is the only historically documented eruption on Kyejo. This eruption occrred at the Sarabwe and Fiteko parasitic cones along a northwest trending fissure at its northwestern slope. The three-day eruption produced lava flows that travelled 8 km (5.0 mi).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fontijn, Karen (2011). Physical volcanological study of the Rungwe volcanic province, Tanzania (PhD thesis). Ghent University. Faculty of Sciences.
- ^ "Kyejo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ Fontijn, Karen; Williamson, David; Mbede, Evelyne; Ernst, Gerald G.J. (2012). "The Rungwe Volcanic Province, Tanzania â€" A volcanological review". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 63: 12–31. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.11.005.