Volcano · DR Congo · Virunga Mountains

Volcan Nyiragongo

Elevation

3,470 m

#2,460

in the world

#13

in DR Congo

Volcan Nyiragongo is a volcano in DR Congo, rising to 3,470 m, the 13th highest in DR Congo, part of the Virunga Mountains.

Elevation

3,470 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

World rank

#2,460

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Volcan Nyiragongo lies in DR Congo.

Key facts

Elevation

3,470 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Volcano

Range

Virunga Mountains

Coordinates

-1.519, 29.254

How it ranks

Among peaks in DR Congo

#13of 26

LargestSmallest

In the Virunga Mountains

#6of 8

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#2,460of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Mount Hehu	2,306 m	12 km
Volcan Nyamulagira	3,055 m	13 km
Volcan Mikeno	4,437 m	19 km
Volcan Karisimbi	4,507 m	22 km
Muhungwe	2,928 m	23 km
Kamirantama	2,598 m	23 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcan Nyiragongo.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Goma	DR Congo	432,587	18 km
Gisenyi	Rwanda	172,357	21 km
Kora	Rwanda	15,134	24 km
Sake	DR Congo	17,151	24 km
Mukamira	Rwanda	19,021	29 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.