Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 13:53

 


Shuttle photo showing the Marsabit complex.

Marsabit is a shield volcano. It is in the form of a smooth, low dome with a small parasitic cone at its summit. Marsabit is Holocene in age. It has not erupted in historic times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources of Information:

Mohr, P.A., "The Geology of Ethiopia," University College of Addis Ababa Press, Central Printing Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 268 pp., 1962.

Latitude (DD): 
2.32
Longitude (dd): 
37.97
Elevation (m): 
1707
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Country: 
Kenya
Type: 
Shield