# Central Island

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| image         = Kenya Aerial 2009-08-27 14-27-32.JPG
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| location      = [Kenya](/source/Kenya)
| part_of       = [Lake Turkana National Parks](/source/Lake_Turkana_National_Parks)
| criteria      = {{UNESCO WHS type|(viii)(x)}}(viii)(x)
| ID            = 801bis-002
| coordinates   = {{coord|3.496|N|36.0365|E|display=title, inline|region:KE_type:isle|format=dms}}
| year          = 1997
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| area          = {{convert|500|ha|acre|abbr=on}}
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| iucn_category   = II
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'''Central Island''', also known as ''Crocodile Island'', is a volcanic island located in the middle of [Lake Turkana](/source/Lake_Turkana) in Kenya. It is also the location of '''Central Island National Park''', which is governed by the [Kenya Wildlife Service](/source/Kenya_Wildlife_Service).<ref>[http://www.kws.org/parks/parks_reserves/SCNP.html Kenya Wildlife Service – Central Island National Park] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605102007/http://www.kws.org/parks/parks_reserves/SCNP.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>

== Overview ==
Central Island is composed of more than a dozen craters and cones, three of which are filled by small lakes. The two largest lakes partially fill craters up to a kilometre wide and about 80 m deep, the floors of which are near sea level. The highest point on the dominantly [basaltic](/source/basaltic) island reaches 550 m, about 190 m above the lake surface. An E-W-trending chain of small explosion craters cuts the eastern side of the 3-km-wide island. Several small islands to the SE represent partially submerged crater rims, and other cones and [lava plug](/source/lava_plug)s lie beneath the lake surface near the island.

The youngest Central Islands tuffs and lavas may be as young as the [Holocene](/source/Holocene) (Karson and Curtis, 1992). [Fumarolic](/source/Fumarolic) activity is concentrated along the NE-to-SE rim of the central crater, and sprays of sulfur from the [fumaroles](/source/fumaroles) were observed by visitors in the 1930s. In 1974 intense emission of molten [sulfur](/source/sulfur) and steam clouds were seen from the mainland.<ref>{{cite gvp|name=Central Island|vn=222010|access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605102007/http://www.kws.org/parks/parks_reserves/SCNP.html Kenya Wildlife Service – Central Island National Park]
* [https://cheetahsafaris.co.ke/national-parks/central-island-national-park/ Cheetah Revolution Safaris - Central Island National Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422093722/https://cheetahsafaris.co.ke/national-parks/central-island-national-park/ |date=2024-04-22 }}

{{National Parks of Kenya}}
{{Turkana Basin}}

Category:Volcanoes of Kenya
Category:Uninhabited islands of Kenya
Category:National parks of Kenya
Category:World Heritage Sites in Kenya
Category:Lake islands of Kenya
Category:Lake Turkana

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