Mount Karisimbi

Also known as Mont Karisimbi

volcano on the Rwanda–Democratic Republic of the Congo border

Key facts

Elevation: 4,507 m (14,787 ft)
Prominence: 3,312 m (10,866 ft) , Ranked 61st
Listing: Country high point , Ultra , Ribu
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rwanda border
Parent range: Virunga Mountains
Formed by: Volcanism along the Albertine Rift
Mountain type: Stratovolcano
Last eruption: 8050 BCE (?)

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Encyclopedic overview

Mount Karisimbi is a stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. At 4,507 metres (14,787 ft), Karisimbi is the highest of the eight major mountains of the mountain range, which is a part of Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Karisimbi is flanked by Mikeno to the north, Bisoke to the east and Nyiragongo to the west, on the other side of the Rift Valley. Karisimbi is the 11th highest mountain of Africa and ranked 61st by prominence.

The name Karisimbi comes from the word 'amasimbi', which means snow in the local Kinyarwanda language. Snow can mostly be found during the dry season in June, July and August on the top of the volcano.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Karisimbi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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