Paka is a shield volcano in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, an area of widespread geothermal activity. Its name means ochre in the Pokot language. This entity documents Paka specifically as a geological formation, a Kenyan rift shield volcano named for the Pokot word for ochre.
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Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Paka
Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Paka
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Paka
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Paka
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Source Wikidata: Paka
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1. Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the World, Holocene volcanoes service
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramVolcanoes of the World, volcano 222053Quote, Volcanoes of the World, volcano 222053
"Volcano_Name": "Paka" ... "Last_Eruption_Year": -7550
Wikidata: Paka
Wikidata Q3025773, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Paka
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramAssociated With: Trachyte, Major_Rock_Type field
"Major_Rock_Type": "Trachyte / Trachydacite"
Associated With: Pleistocene, Geological_Summary
The dominantly Pleistocene Paka shield volcano
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