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Lake Turkana (/ t ɜːr ˈ k ɑː n ə,-ˈ k æ n-/) is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. [2] It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.
An E-W-trending chain of small explosion craters cuts the eastern side of the 3-km-wide island. Several small islands to the SE represent partially submerged crater rims, and other cones and lava plugs lie beneath the lake surface near the island. The youngest Central Islands tuffs and lavas may be as young as Holocene (Karson and Curtis, 1992).
Lake Turkana National Parks is a group of three national parks located around Lake Turkana in Kenya.It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 and expanded in 2001.
These latest eruptions follow major eruption incidents in 2007 and 2014, and NASA researchers uncovered satellite images of plumes of water emerging from Kavachi's crater.
The crater lake of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia Lake Yeak Laom, Cambodia Baengnokdam crater lake of Hanla Mountain in winter, South Korea. A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption.
Scientists said today that this week’s eruption “appears to be waning.” USGS PHOTO BY M. ZOELLER Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists observed lava cascading over the rim of Napau Crater ...
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An eruption on the Red Sea island killed at least 7 soldiers and spewed lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air. [107] 1 Raoul Island [108] Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2006 1 An eruption on 17 March killed conservation worker Mark Kearney, who was measuring the water temperature of Green Lake. [109] 3 Santa Ana [110] El Salvador 2005 2