Mount Kulal is an eroded
extinct volcano
A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the Crust (geology), crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth ...
located in northern
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, just east of
Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana () is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake. By volume it is the world ...
. The mountain has an elevation of . The lakeside town of
Loiyangalani is located west of Mount Kulal.
Mount Kulal has been a
biosphere reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...
since 1978.
Mount Kulal is the only place where
Kulal white-eye (''Zosterops kulalensis'') has been found.
See also
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List of Ultras of Africa
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Volcanoes of Kenya
National parks of Kenya
Extinct volcanoes
Biosphere reserves of Kenya
Pliocene shield volcanoes
Pleistocene shield volcanoes
Shield volcanoes of Africa