# Menengai

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Shield volcano in Kenya

Menengai Menengai Crater - view from the edge Highest point Elevation 2,278 m (7,474 ft) Coordinates 0°12′S 36°04′E / 0.20°S 36.07°E / -0.20; 36.07 Geography Menengai Location in Kenya Location Nakuru County, Kenya Geology Formed by Volcanism along the Gregory Rift Mountain type Shield volcano Last eruption 6050 BCE (?) Climbing Easiest route via taking the north east route for bus

**Menengai** **Crater** is a massive [shield volcano](/source/Shield_volcano) with one of the biggest [calderas](/source/Caldera) in the world, in the [Great Rift Valley, Kenya](/source/Great_Rift_Valley%2C_Kenya). It is the largest volcano caldera in [Kenya](/source/Kenya) and the second largest volcano caldera in [Africa](/source/Africa).[1] Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks. The crater is on the floor of the [Rift Valley](/source/Rift_valley). The volcano formed about 200,000 years ago and the prominent 12 x 8 km caldera formed about 8000 years ago. The caldera floor is covered with numerous post caldera lava flows. The Menengai volcano is considered one of the best-preserved [Krakatau](/source/Krakatau)-style calderas in the world.[2] Menengai has very little sediment in the caldera which is a thick mass of lava boulders and inaccessible ridges. [3] Volcanic activity continues [4] and a current project under the GDC is at an advanced stage towards geothermal power generation.[5]

Menengai is 10 km (6 mi) north of [Nakuru](/source/Nakuru), the fourth-biggest city in Kenya.

## See also

- [List of volcanoes in Kenya](/source/List_of_volcanoes_in_Kenya)

- [Menengai Forest](/source/Menengai_Forest)

- [Railway stations in Kenya](/source/Railway_stations_in_Kenya)

## See also

- ["Menengai"](https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=222060). *[Global Volcanism Program](/source/Global_Volcanism_Program)*. [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution). Retrieved 2020-04-01.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Menengai Crater"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150222093657/http://www.kembu.com/index.php/excursions/menengai-crater). Archived from [the original](http://kembu.com/index.php/excursions/menengai-crater) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Seach, John. ["Menengai Volcano - John Seach"](http://www.volcanolive.com/menengai.html). *www.volcanolive.com*. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Menengai Crater"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150222093657/http://www.kembu.com/index.php/excursions/menengai-crater). Archived from [the original](http://kembu.com/index.php/excursions/menengai-crater) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Menengai Crater Kenya / Rift Valley / Nakuru /"](http://wikimapia.org/1821974/Menengai-Crater). *wikimapia*. wikimapia. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** OBWOCHA, BEATRICE. ["Menengai crater to become active again"](http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000027249/menengai-crater-to-become-active-again). Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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