Menengai

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 and the second largest volcano caldera in .
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,228 metres
  • Description: shield volcano in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Menengai Crater” and “Menengai, Kenya”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakuru.

Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of County, and it is the fourth largest city in Kenya and the largest in the Rift Valley region.

Menengai

Latitude
-0.20203° or 0° 12′ 7″ south
Longitude
36.07034° or 36° 4′ 13″ east
Elevation
2,228 metres (7,310 feet)
Open location code
6GFRQ3XC+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2460392787
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
186875
Wiki­data ID
Q1672337
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Menengai” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մենենգաի”
  • Asturian: “Menengai”
  • Basque: “Menengai”
  • Bulgarian: “Мененгай”
  • Catalan: “Menengai”
  • Cebuano: “Menengai”
  • Chechen: “Мененгаи”
  • Chinese: “門南蓋伊火山”
  • Czech: “Menengai”
  • Danish: “Menengai krater”
  • Dutch: “Menengai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مينينجاى”
  • French: “Menengai”
  • Georgian: “მენენგაი”
  • German: “Menengai-Krater”
  • Greek: “Μενενγκάι”
  • Japanese: “メネンガイ”
  • Ladin: “Menengai”
  • Persian: “مننگای”
  • Russian: “Мененгаи”
  • Slovak: “Menengai”
  • Spanish: “Menengai”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Menengai”
  • Swedish: “Menengai”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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