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Mount Nyiragongo
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Dense green banana plants fill the foreground with rolling hills behind, and Mount Nyiragongo partly obscured by clouds in the background near Gisenyi, Rwanda. Map of Africa highlighting the location of Mount Nyiragongo in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The map labels surrounding countries and major bodies of water, with Mount Nyiragongo marked in orange text. An inset in the bottom left shows the continent with the highlighted area's position.
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Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)
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Mount Nyiragongo: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: CORE - Dynamics of Mount Nyiragongo lava lake inferred from thermal imaging and infrasound array. Aug 05, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Dynamics of Mount Nyiragongo lava lake inferred from thermal imaging and infrasound array. Dec 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano. Jun 13, 2024
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Mount Nyiragongo just erupted�here's why it's one of Africa's most dangerous volcanoes. Oct 26, 2023
Map added. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mar 08, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jun 03, 2021
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program - Nyiragongo. Apr 22, 2016
Add new Web site: NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Nyiragongo Volcano, Congo, Map View with Lava, Landsat / ASTER / SRTM. Apr 22, 2016
Add new Web site: The University of Arizona - GeoSciences - Nyiragongo Volcano. Apr 22, 2016
Add new Web site: Oregon State University - Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sep 17, 2015
Add new Web site: Academia - Volcanological and petrological evolution of Nyiragongo volcano, Virunga volcanic field, Zaire. Sep 17, 2015
Media added. Sep 25, 2008
Article revised. Feb 22, 2002
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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