Mount Homa

Mount Homa
Mount Homa in 1994
Elevation	1,751 metres (5,745 feet)
Location	Kenya
Coordinates	0.38° S 34.50° E
Type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Mount Homa is a mountain and extinct volcano located in western Kenya. It forms a broad peninsula on the southern shore of Winam Gulf, an extension of Lake Victoria. This peninsula defines Homa Bay and the mountaintop is about 20 kilometres north of the town of that name.

In the Luo language Got Uma or God Marahuma means "famous mountain".

The mountain is formed of carbonatite lava and dates from Miocene to Pleistocene. Along with the active Ol Doinyo Lengai, it is one of the very few carbonatite volcanoes in the world.

Mount Homa, on Lake Victoria, Kenya. View from across Winam Gulf, looking south.

References

• Global Volcanism Program: Homa Mountain

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