Olkaria
The Olkaria Area is a region located immediately to the south of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is geothermally active and is being used to generate clean electric power.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lydur Skulason, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,425 metres
- Description: geothermal region in Kenya
- Also known as: “Ogaria”, “Ol Karia”, and “Orgaria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Olkaria III Geothermal Power Station.
Olkaria III Geothermal Power Station
Power station
Photo: Bbossoxx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olkaria III Geothermal Power Station, is a large geothermal power plant in Kenya, having an installed electricity generating capacity of 150 megawatts.
Olkaria
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Nakuru County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.88599° or 0° 53′ 10″ southLongitude
36.26955° or 36° 16′ 10″ eastElevation
2,425 metres (7,956 feet)Open location code
6GFR4779+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 2461281637OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Olkaria from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Olkaria” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Олкариа”
- Catalan: “Olkaria”
- Cebuano: “Olkaria”
- Dutch: “Olkaria”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اولكاريا”
- French: “Olkaria”
- Japanese: “オルカリア”
- Ladin: “Olkaria”
- Persian: “اولکاریا”
- Portuguese: “Olkaria”
- Slovak: “Hobley”
- Slovak: “Olenguruoni”
- Slovak: “Olkaria”
- Spanish: “Olkaria”
- Swahili: “Mlima Olkaria”
- Swedish: “Olkaria”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hobley’s Volcano Viewpoint and fumarole.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Olkaria”. Photo: Lydur Skulason, CC BY 2.0.