geo.wikisort.org - IslandCentral Island, also known as Crocodile Island, is a volcanic island located in the middle of Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is also the location of Central Island National Park, which is governed by the Kenya Wildlife Service.[1]
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kenya
Central IslandUNESCO World Heritage Site |
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Location | Kenya |
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Part of | Lake Turkana National Parks |
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Criteria | Natural: (viii)(x) |
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Reference | 801bis-002 |
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Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
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Extensions | 2001 |
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Area | 500 ha (1,200 acres) |
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Coordinates | 3°29′30″N 36°4′0″E |
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Location of Central Island in Kenya |
It is composed of more than a dozen craters and cones, three of which are filled by small lakes. The two largest lakes partially fill craters up to a kilometre wide and about 80 m deep, the floors of which are near sea level. The highest point on the dominantly basaltic island reaches 550 m, about 190 m above the lake surface. 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). Fumarolic activity is concentrated along the NE-to-SE rim of the central crater, and sprays of sulfur from the fumaroles were observed by visitors in the 1930s. In 1974 intense emission of molten sulfur and steam clouds were seen from the mainland.[2]
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National Parks of Kenya |
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National Parks |
- Aberdare
- Amboseli
- Arabuko Sokoke
- Central Island
- Chyulu Hills
- Hell's Gate
- Kora
- Lake Nakuru
- Malka Mari
- Marsabit
- Meru
- Mount Elgon
- Mount Kenya
- Mount Longonot
- Nairobi
- Ol Donyo Sabuk
- Ruma
- Saiwa Swamp
- Sibiloi
- Tsavo East
- Tsavo West
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Reserves |
- Arawale
- Bisanadi
- Boni
- Buffalo Springs
- Dodori
- Kerio Valley
- Kakamega Forest
- Kisumu Impala
- Lake Bogoria
- Maasai Mara
- Mwaluganje
- Mwea
- Samburu
- Shaba
- Shimba Hills
- Witu Forest
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Marine National Parks and Reserves |
- Kisite-Mpunguti
- Kiunga
- Malindi
- Mombasa
- Watamu
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Sanctuary | |
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Former National Reserves | Tana River Primate National Reserve |
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Turkana Basin |
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Paleontology and archaeology |
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Miocene apes |
- Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni (Oligocene)
- Afropithecus turkanensis
- Turkanensis kalakolensis
- Simiolus enjiessi
- Kenyapithecus wickeri
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Hominins | Australopithecines |
- Australopithecus anamensis
- Au. afarensis
- Kenyanthropus platyops
- Paranthropus aethiopicus
- P. aethiopicus
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Homo |
- Homo habilis
- H. rudolfensis
- H. ergaster
- H. sapiens
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Sites |
- Lothagam
- Koobi Fora
- Aiyangiyang
- Turkwel
- Nariokotome
- Napedet
- Karsa
- Buluk
- Nabwal
- Irile
- Esha
- Kalodirr
- Kajong
- Nakwai
- Loperot
- Moruorot
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Projects |
- National Museums of Kenya
- Turkana Basin Institute
- West Turkana Archaeological Project
- Koobi Fora Field School
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Contemporary settlement and activity |
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Peoples |
- Turkana people
- Daasanach people
- Pokot people
- Samburu people
- Rendille people
- people
- Murle people
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Towns and villages |
- Kakuma
- Lokichogio
- Lodwar
- Lorugum
- Kalokol
- Lokitaung
- Lokichar
- Oropolo
- Katilu
- Kainuk
- Kapedo
- Eliya springs
- North Horr
- South Horr
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Parks and protected sites | |
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Organizations | |
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Politics and events | History and events |
- Baragoi Clashes
- Tobong’u Lore
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People |
- Josphat Nanok
- Ekwee Ethuro
- John Munyes
- Ikal Angelei
- Richard Leakey
- Meave Leakey
- Ajuma Nasenyana
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На других языках
[de] Central Island
Central Island (auch Crocodile Island) ist nach South Island die zweitgrößte Insel im Turkana-See in Kenia. Central Island hat eine Fläche von rund fünf Quadratkilometern.
- [en] Central Island
[ru] Центральный (остров)
Центра́льный[2] (Сентрал[2], англ. Central Island, Crocodile Island) — вулканический остров на озере Рудольф (Туркана) в Кении. Активный вулкан. Его склоны состоят из пемзы, туфа, пепла, андезитовой пирокластики, базальта, воды и фонолита. Время от времени проявляется фумарольная активность.
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