Lokitaung | |
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Coordinates: 4°16′N 35°45′E / 4.27°N 35.75°E | |
Country | Kenya |
County | Turkana County |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Lokitaung is a settlement in Kenya's Turkana County, a few miles inland of northwest Lake Turkana. Lokitaung is the site of the 36-million year old Lokitaung Basalt lava flows, which lay atop Cretaceous sediments including dinosaur bones. The basalts are over 1 kilometer thick, and approximately 100 kilometers wide.