List of volcanoes in Tanzania
See also: Lists of volcanoes
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tanzania.
| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| metres | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Burko[1] | - | - | - | - |
| Embulbul[2] | - | - | - | - |
| Elan Nairobi | - | - | - | - |
| Esimingor [1] | - | - | - | - |
| Gelai [3] | - | - | - | - |
| Igwisi Hills | - | - | 4°52′S 31°55′E / 4.87°S 31.92°E | Holocene |
| Izumbwe-Mpoli | 1568 | 5144 | 8°56′S 33°24′E / 8.93°S 33.40°E | Holocene |
| Ketumbaine [3] | - | - | - | - |
| Kieyo | 2175 | 7136 | 9°14′S 33°47′E / 9.23°S 33.78°E | 1800 |
| Mount Kilimanjaro | 5895 | 19,340 | 3°04′S 37°21′E / 3.07°S 37.35°E | - |
| Lemagrut | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Loolmalasin [4] | 3682 | - | - | - |
| Meru | 4565 | 14,977 | 3°15′S 36°45′E / 3.25°S 36.75°E | 1910 |
| Ngorongoro | - | - | 3°09′S 39°18′E / 3.15°S 39.30°E | - |
| Ngozi | 2622 | 8602 | 8°58′S 33°34′E / 8.97°S 33.57°E | Holocene |
| Ol Doinyo Lengai | 2962 | 9718 | 2°45′50″S 35°54′50″E / 2.764°S 35.914°E | 2010 (ongoing) |
| Oldeani [3] | - | - | - | - |
| Ololmoti | - | - | - | - |
| Olossirwa | - | - | - | - |
| Mount Rungwe | 2961 | 9714 | 9°08′S 33°40′E / 9.13°S 33.67°E | Holocene |
| Unnamed | - | - | 8°38′S 33°34′E / 8.63°S 33.57°E | Holocene |
| Usangu Basin | 2179 | 7149 | 8°45′S 33°48′E / 8.75°S 33.80°E | Holocene |
References
- 1 2 Yu. L. Kapustin; A. I. Polyakov (1985). "CARBONA TITE VOLCANOS OF EAST AFRICA AND THE GENESIS OF CARBONA TITES". International Geology Review 27 (4): 434–448. doi:10.1080/00206818509466431.
- ↑ T. Alexander Barns (December 1921). "The Highlands of the Great Craters, Tanganyika Territory". The Geographical Journal 58 (6): 410. doi:10.2307/1781718.
- 1 2 3 Lee Siebert; Tom Simkin; Paul Kimberly (2010). Volcanoes of the World. University of California Press. pp. 351–. ISBN 978-0-520-26877-7.
- ↑ "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
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