Mountain range · part of the Great Rift Valley

Virunga Mountains

Peaks listed

4,507 m

highest

countries

The Virunga Mountains spans 3 countries in our data, with Volcan Karisimbi its highest listed summit at 4,507 m.

With prominence data

of 8 peaks

Median elevation

3,634 m

Across every listed peak

Volcanoes

Coded VLC by GeoNames

Highest summit

Volcan Karisimbi

4,507 m · DR Congo / Rwanda

The 8 highest

Subsidiary summits — named high points on a larger mountain — are omitted, so ranks may skip.

The highest peaks in this range, by elevation
#	Peak	Country	Elevation
1	Volcan Karisimbi	DR Congo, Rwanda	4,507 m
2	Volcan Mikeno	DR Congo	4,437 m
3	Muhavura	Rwanda, Uganda	4,127 m
4	Sabinio	DR Congo, Uganda	3,634 m
5	Volcan Gahinga	Rwanda, Uganda	3,474 m
6	Volcan Nyiragongo	DR Congo	3,470 m
7	Volcan Nyamulagira	DR Congo	3,055 m
8	Volcan Visoke	DR Congo	2,711 m

Countries

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Range membership comes from Wikidata, so a peak appears here only where that link is recorded — coverage is uneven and this list is not exhaustive. Elevation is from GeoNames, surveyed where available and otherwise modelled; no date is shown against a height because GeoNames publishes none.