Kyejo

sopka – Stratovolcano, Tanzania, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Kde

Tanzania, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

2 176 m

Tektonické prostředí

Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)

Poslední známá erupce

1800

Poloha

-9,229°, 33,792°

Late-stage activity of the Kyejo (Kieyo) trachytic stratovolcano, NW of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyassa), consisted of the formation of numerous maars and cinder cones. This stratovolcano is elongated in a NW-SE direction and has been active since the mid-Pleistocene. Maars, some of which contain lakes, surround the area, and young basaltic cinder cones and lava flows cover an extensive area to the south. The latest eruption around 1800 CE took place from two tephritic cones, Sarabwe and Fiteko, that were constructed along a NW-trending fissure. The eruption produced lava flows that traveled 8 km and overran several villages.

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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