Mount Marsabit

Marsabit is a 6300 km² basaltic shield volcano in Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift, in Marsabit County near the town of Marsabit. This was primarily built during the Miocene, but some lava flows and explosive maar-forming eruptions have occurred more recently. At least two of the maars host crater lakes.

Mount Marsabit
Satellite image of Marsabit
Highest point
Elevation	1,707 m (5,600 ft)
Coordinates	2°19′N 37°58′E
Geography
Location	Eastern Province, Kenya
Geology
Formed by	Volcanism along the Gregory Rift
Mountain type	shield volcano
Last eruption	unknown

The volcano is covered by dense forest. Marsabit National Park is in the area.

It was here, near a body of water they dubbed Lake Paradise, that American explorers Martin and Osa Johnson spent time in the 1920s living and making wildlife documentaries.^[1]

On 10 April 2006, a Harbin Y-12 II owned and operated by the Kenyan Air Force crashed in Mount Marsabit killing 14 of the 17 occupants onboard.^[2]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Kenya