Lokitaung

Lokitaung
Lokitaung Location of Lokitaung
Coordinates: 4°16′N 35°45′E / 4.27°N 35.75°E / 4.27; 35.75
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.