Congo - Kinshasa · Rwanda · Stratovolcano
Mount Karisimbi
Karisimbi
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 4490m
- Last eruption
- -8050
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Congo - Kinshasa · Rwanda
- Region
- Eastern Africa / Albertine Rift Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 4490m
- Coordinates
- -1.506, 29.450
- Last eruption
- -8050
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
Karisimbi is a complex basanitic-to-trachytic volcano with a symmetrical sharp-peaked summit. The 2-km-wide Branca caldera, located SE of the summit, is filled by viscous lava flows and two explosion craters.
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From Wikipedia
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.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 8050 BCE – 8050 BCE
- Largest confirmed eruption
- No VEI recorded
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Detailed timeline
- 8050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate8050 BCE – end unknown
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