# Kyejo

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{{Short description|Volcano in Tanzania}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name              = Kyejo
| image             = Panorama_Tukuyu.jpg
| image_caption     = View from Tukuyu
| map               = 
| map_caption       = 
| country           = [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
| region            = [Mbeya Region](/source/Mbeya_Region)
| label_position    = right
| elevation_m       = 2,176
| prominence_m      = 
| prominence_ref    = 
| listing           = [List of volcanoes in Tanzania](/source/List_of_volcanoes_in_Tanzania)
| range             = [Kipengere Range](/source/Kipengere_Range)
| coordinates       = {{coord|9.229|33.792|_type:Mountain|display=title,inline}}
| coordinates_ref   = 
| formed_by         = [Volcanism](/source/Volcanism) along the [Albertine Rift](/source/Albertine_Rift)
| type              = [Stratovolcano](/source/Stratovolcano)
| age               = 
| last_eruption     = 1800
| first_ascent      = 
| easiest_route     = 
| range_coordinates = 
}}

'''Kyejo''' is an active stratovolcano in the [Rukwa Rift Basin](/source/Rukwa_Rift_Basin) of Tanzania.<ref name="Fontijn">{{cite thesis |last1=Fontijn |first1=Karen |title=Physical volcanological study of the Rungwe volcanic province, Tanzania |date=2011|publisher=Ghent University. Faculty of Sciences|degree=PhD |url=https://openjournals.ugent.be/af/article/60706/galley/185111/view/}}</ref> It is located northwest of [Lake Malawi](/source/Lake_Malawi).<ref name="gvp">{{Cite gvp|vnum=222170|name=Kyejo}}</ref> Eruptions at Kyejo are typically effusive although some moderately-sized explosions occur at its summit. Its numerous parasitic cones, a combination of spatter and cinder cones, are mostly distributed along its southern flanks. Volcanic activity in the area initiated during the mid-Pleistocene. Its last eruption was dated to around 1800 and is the only historically documented eruption on Kyejo. This eruption occrred at the Sarabwe and Fiteko parasitic cones along a northwest trending fissure at its northwestern slope. The three-day eruption produced lava flows that travelled {{cvt|8|km}}.<ref name="Fontijn12">{{cite journal |last1=Fontijn |first1=Karen |last2=Williamson |first2=David |last3=Mbede |first3=Evelyne |last4=Ernst |first4=Gerald G.J. |title=The Rungwe Volcanic Province, Tanzania – A volcanological review |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |date=2012 |volume=63 |pages=12-31 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.11.005}}</ref>

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Category:Geography of Mbeya Region
Category:Active volcanoes
Category:Southern Highlands, Tanzania
Category:Southern Rift montane forest–grassland mosaic
Category:Volcanoes of Tanzania
Category:Important Bird Areas of Tanzania
Category:Stratovolcanoes of Tanzania

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