![]() The symmetrical cone of Oldoinyo Lengai (3,188 m) rises some 2.5 km above the valley floor to the southwest of Lake Natron. Natron is an extraordinarily toxic, soda lake (pH of 12) with extensive sodium carbonate salt flats. ![]() The lake is bordered to the west by the Western Escarpment, a major rampart constructed of layer upon layer of Pliocene-age volcanic lavas and tephra, and to the east by the giant Gelai Volcano. Lake Natron is located in a desolate, relatively low-lying section of the Gregory Rift Valley, northern Tanzania.
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