Shield volcanoes of Africa

Nyamuragira, also known as Nyamulagira, is an active shield volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about north of Lake Kivu. The name is derived from Mashi language.

shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya

Highest mountain in Chad

Menengai Crater is a massive shield volcano with one of the biggest calderas in the world, in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. It is the largest volcano caldera in Kenya and the second largest volcano caldera in Africa. Volcanic formed rich loam soils enrich the adjacent farmland around its flanks. The crater is on the floor of the 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-sty

mountain in Kenya

shield volcano in Kenya

Namarunu is a shield volcano located in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.

shield volcano in Kenya

shield volcano in the north of Kenya

mountain in Tanzania

mountain

Korosi is a shield volcano located in the Gregory Rift at the northern end of Lake Baringo, Kenya.

dormant volcano in Kenya

Emuruangogolak is an active shield volcano straddling the Gregory Rift in Kenya, in Eastern Africa. It has a caldera on its summit. The last known eruption was a trachyte flow which occurred in 1910. Steam vents and fumarolic activity continues from fissures within the caldera and along the flanks of the volcano. Several maar lakes exist in the rift valley adjacent to the volcano. The volcano's summit is at an elevation of , and its formation is calculated to have been 38,000 years ago.

mountain in Tanzania

mountain in Morocco

extinct volcano in Morocco

volcano in Morocco