Mount Longonot
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Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, known for its prominent crater and popular hiking trails offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Longonot canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ volcano ⓘ |
| composition | basaltic lava ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| distanceFromNairobi | about 60 kilometres northwest ⓘ |
| elevation |
2776 metres
ⓘ
9108 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ trail running ⓘ |
| hasClimbingRoute | trail from park gate to crater rim ⓘ |
| hasCraterDepth | about 600 metres ⓘ |
| hasCraterDiameter | about 1.8 kilometres ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
caldera
ⓘ
forest-filled crater floor ⓘ large crater ⓘ lava canyons ⓘ steep slopes ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
montane forest in crater
ⓘ
sparse vegetation on outer slopes ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
antelopes
ⓘ
buffaloes ⓘ giraffes ⓘ various bird species ⓘ zebras ⓘ |
| isActiveVolcano | dormant ⓘ |
| isInNationalParkSystem | Kenya ⓘ |
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| lastEruption | 1860s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Rift Valley
ⓘ
Nakuru County ⓘ Rift Valley Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Naivasha
ⓘ
Naivasha ⓘ |
| managedBy | Kenya Wildlife Service ⓘ |
| nameEtymology |
Maasai
ⓘ
surface form:
derived from Maasai word Oloonong’ot
|
| nameMeaning | mountain of many spurs or steep ridges ⓘ |
| offersViewOf |
East African Rift
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Rift Valley
Lake Naivasha ⓘ |
| partOf |
East African Rift
ⓘ
Kenyan Rift segment ⓘ |
| protectedArea | Mount Longonot National Park ⓘ |
| trailType | crater rim trail ⓘ |
| volcanoType | stratovolcano ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.