Longonot, Kenya

Stratovolcano · 2,776 m (9,108 ft) · Africa-E

Longonot is a stratovolcano in Kenya, 2,776 m (9,108 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Longonot on the map

Longonot 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: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 2,776 m (9,108 ft)
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa-E
Summit: 0.914° S, 36.446° E
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Anthropology
Smithsonian volcano number: 222100

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.

Earthquakes near Longonot Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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.