Ol Doinyo Eburru, Kenya

Complex volcano · 2,856 m (9,370 ft) · Africa-E

Ol Doinyo Eburru is a complex volcano in Kenya, 2,856 m (9,370 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Ol Doinyo Eburru on the map

Ol Doinyo Eburru 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: Complex volcano
Elevation: 2,856 m (9,370 ft)
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa-E
Summit: 0.650° S, 36.220° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 222080

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.