Menengai Crater
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Menengai III Geothermal Power Station.
Menengai III Geothermal Power Station
Electrical substation
The Menengai III Geothermal Power Station is a 35 MW geothermal power plant in Kenya. The power station reached full commercial commissioning in August 2023.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakuru.
Nakuru
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
Nakuru, sometimes referred to as Nakuru City, is the capital city of Nakuru County, Kenya. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570,674. The city lies along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway, 160 kilometres from Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.
Menengai Crater
- Type: Crater
- Also known as: “Meningai Crater”
- Category: landform
- Location: Nakuru County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.2038° or 0° 12′ 14″ southLongitude
36.07332° or 36° 4′ 24″ eastElevation
2,278 metres (7,474 feet)Open location code
6GFRQ3WF+F8GeoNames ID
186873
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