Marsabit, Kenya

Shield volcano · 1,707 m (5,600 ft) · Africa-E

Marsabit is a shield volcano in Kenya, 1,707 m (5,600 ft) high. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Marsabit on the map

Marsabit 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: Shield volcano
Elevation: 1,707 m (5,600 ft)
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa-E
Summit: 2.320° N, 37.970° E
Last known eruption: Unknown
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 222021

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 Marsabit 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.