Menengai Crater

Menengai Crater is a cliff in , .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Menengai and Menengai III Geothermal Power Station.

Volcano
Photo: Tr Brian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 .

Electrical substation
The is a 35 MW geothermal power plant in . The power station reached full commercial commissioning in August 2023. is situated 1½ km northwest of Menengai Crater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakuru.

Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
, sometimes referred to as City, is the capital city of County, . As of 2019, had an urban population of 570,674. The city lies along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway, 160 kilometres from , the capital city of Kenya.

Menengai Crater

Latitude
-0.20573° or 0° 12′ 21″ south
Longitude
36.06855° or 36° 4′ 7″ east
Open location code
6GFRQ3V9+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28944946
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cliff
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Satellite Map

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