Mount Nyiragongo (3,470 metres /11,384 feet)

Rwanda / Gisenyi /
Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Great Rift Valley. It is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is 250 m deep, two km wide and sometimes contains a lava lake. Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical volcanic eruptions.
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo
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Coordinates:   1°31'18"S   29°14'55"E

Comments

  • Pic uploaded is before the last eruption.
  • Nyiragongo is cogitatin' on eruptin' again, March 30, 2009.
  • it is beautiful
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