Lokitaung
Lokitaung is a settlement in Kenya's Turkana County, a few kilometres northwest Lake Turkana. Lokitaung is the site of the 36-million year old Lokitaung Basalt lava flows, which lay atop Cretaceous sediments including dinosaur bones.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in Turkana County, Kenya
- Also known as: “Lokatiang”
Lokitaung
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Turkana County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.26912° or 4° 16′ 9″ northLongitude
35.75226° or 35° 45′ 8″ eastElevation
733 metres (2,405 feet)Open location code
6GPQ7Q92+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 44931361OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swahili—“Lokitaung” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lokitaung”
- Indonesian: “Lokitaung”
- Irish: “Lokitaung”
- Japanese: “ロキタウン”
- Swahili: “Lokitaung”
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