Volcano · Aberdare Range

Menengai

2,278 m7,474 ft

Prominence: 243 m799 ft
Isolation: 3.0 km
Region: Kenya
Tonight: 13°CClear · Wind 8 km/h S

Menengai is a 2,278 m (7,474 ft) volcano in the Aberdare Range, Kenya.

All facts

Elevation: 2,278 m · 7,474 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ol Doinyo Eburru (2,856 m)
Range: Aberdare Range
Coordinates: 0.2101° S, 36.0651° E

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3D map

Menengai 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Menengai terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Menengai elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Menengai weather

Tonight · Clear · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 8 km/h S

Menengai forecast for the summit, about 2,278 m.

Tonight13°–8 km/h S
Today13°24°0.1 mm15 km/h E
Sun13°24°0.1 mm22 km/h S
Mon13°24°3.2 mm17 km/h S
Tue12°18°8.4 mm4 km/h S
Wed13°17°11.1 mm5 km/h SW
Thu12°18°7.9 mm9 km/h N
Fri12°20°5.8 mm10 km/h N
Sat12°17°6.8 mm12 km/h NE
Sun10°20°5.4 mm6 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

92.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

6.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 0.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 484 m low point 1,783 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.7%Grassland 29.3%Shrubland 2.5%Wetland 1.0%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 22 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Waterbuck10
African Buffalo10
Plains Zebra10
White Rhinoceros9
Lesser Flamingo7
Lion5

Where it sits

Where Menengai sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

OlkariaPeak · 2,434 m79 km SSE

Downloads

Menengai downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMenengai satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

164 m low This 3D map reads 2,114 m at the summit; the official height is 2,278 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 165 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,278 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,114 m	-164 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,113 m	-165 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia