Katwe-Kikorongo, Uganda

Tuff cone · 1,067 m (3,501 ft) · Africa-C

Katwe-Kikorongo is a tuff cone in Uganda, 1,067 m (3,501 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Katwe-Kikorongo on the map

Katwe-Kikorongo and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Tuff cone
Elevation: 1,067 m (3,501 ft)
Country: Uganda
Region: Africa-C
Summit: 0.080° S, 29.920° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 223003

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.