Menengai, Kenya

Shield volcano · 2,278 m (7,474 ft) · Africa-E

Menengai is a shield volcano in Kenya, 2,278 m (7,474 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Menengai on the map

Menengai 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: 2,278 m (7,474 ft)
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa-E
Summit: 0.200° S, 36.070° E
Last known eruption: BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from: Tephrochronology
Smithsonian volcano number: 222060

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 Menengai Ash advisories and webcams 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.