Logipi Geyser

As the Suguta River is passing through the Gap (a place, where the flat Suguta valley is flanked by two volcanoes), the river is supplemented by numerous hot springs flowing from both sides of the valley. One of these springs – Logipi Geyser – up to the recent times was an active geyser.

Logipi Geyser was located near the base of Samburu escarpment. Travelers in the 1930s reported that the geyser was erupting at regular intervals, discharging large volumes of water. The height of the geyser reached 1.2 m. The water was rich with minerals and there was formed a sinter basin in the front of geyser.

Later the power of geyser decreased, it turned into perpetual spouter. An expedition in 1990 found here just boiling springs.

Logipi Geyser is included in the following list:

Geysers of Africa

References

1. T. Scott Bryan, The Geysers of Yellowstone, fourth edition. 2008. Boulder.

Logipi Geyser on the map

Location, GPS coordinates:	1.9775 N 36.5258 E (possible mistake up to 2 km)
Categories:	Thermal springs, Geysers (extinct?)
Values:	Geology, Visual
Rating:	(2 / 5)
Where is located?	Africa, Kenya, Rift Valley Province, south from Logipi Lake, Suguta Valley, near Elboitong Hot Springs, at the base of Samburu escarpment
Alternate names:	Logkippi Geyser, Lokippi Geyser

Landmarks of Kenya

Kenya has very diverse natural and cultural heritage with some truly unique monuments. Among the highlights of the country should be mentioned remnants of the very first humans, the exciting “islands” of biodiversity – remnants of ancient tropical rainforest on isolated mountain ranges and the old coastal cities and villages,

Geysers

Hasty hydrogeologist would say: geysers are thermodynamically and hydrodynamically unstable hot springs. “Normal” people would say – geysers are hot springs which at more or less regular intervals shoot up a fountain of boiling water and steam. Sometimes these fountains are even 100 m tall… or even 450 m!

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