Mount Bisoke

Mount Bisoke
Mount Bisoke
Highest point
Elevation3,711 m (12,175 ft)
Prominence581 m (1,906 ft)
Coordinates1°27′39″S 29°28′54″E / 1.46083°S 29.48167°E / -1.46083; 29.48167
Geography
Mount Bisoke is located in Rwanda
Mount Bisoke
Mount Bisoke
Location within Rwanda
Mount Bisoke is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mount Bisoke
Mount Bisoke
Location within Democratic Republic of the Congo
LocationRwanda / Democratic Republic of the Congo
Parent rangeVirunga Mountains
Geology
Formed byVolcanism along the Albertine Rift
Stratovolcano
Last eruptionAugust 1957

Mount Bisoke (also Visoke) is an active stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. It straddles the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the summit is located in Rwanda. It is located approximately 35 km northeast of the town of Goma and the adjacent Lake Kivu.

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