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Mount Nyiragongo

active volcano in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mountain Volcano Q214696

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
volcano, stratovolcano[6]
Native label
Nyiragongo[10]

Location

Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nyiragongo Territory[3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -1.517°, 29.250°
Continent
Africa[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nyiragongo Territory[1][2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+3470[11]
More facts +7
Age estimated by a dating method
+500000[17]
Has part(s) of the class
volcanic crater, lava lake[12][13]
Located in protected area
Virunga National Park[14]
Made from material
feldspathoid[7]
Mountain range
Virunga Mountains[16]
Significant event
2021 Mont Nyiragongo eruption, 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo[8][9]
Volcano observatory
Goma Volcanological Observatory[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mount Nyiragongo en Mt. Nyiragongo en Nyiragongo ar بركان نيراجونجو ar جبل نيراجونجو el Νιραγκόνγκο es Monte Nyiragongo es Nyiragongo fa کوه نیراگونگو fa کوهٔ نیراگونگو fa نیراگونگو fr Mont Nyiragongo fr Graf Gotzen Krater fr Kirunga Cha Nina Gongo fr Kirunge Cha Niragongo fr Kirunge Ya Gongo fr Kirungo Cha Gongo fr Kirungu Tscha Gongo fr Kirungu Tscha Gongwe fr Ninagongo
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
304924366
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2003015289
GND ID
4042853-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lava Lake Nyiragongo 2.jpg ↗
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
nyiragongo
Atlas Obscura place ID
lava-lake-nyiragongo-volcano
BabelNet ID
00058374n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Mount-Nyiragongo
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
nyiragongo-niragongo
Freebase ID
/m/02kh56
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2058121
GeoNames ID
206850
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Global Volcanism Program ID
223030
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Nyiragongo
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2280692
IdRef ID
168527871
Interlingual Index ID
i84865
Lex ID
Nyiragongo
NL CR AUT ID
ge128530
OpenStreetMap node ID
309205211
Peakbagger mountain ID
11173
VOGRIPA ID
321
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Volcano", "Nyiragongo"], Entity["Mountain", "Nyiragongo"]
Yale LUX ID
group/2d15c73a-f825-4bc4-a70c-82de7796c600
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Lubumbashi 2026-09-26 T/VLC · CD GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Has part(s) of the class 2
volcanic crater, lava lake
Instance of 2
volcano, stratovolcano
Belongs to 1
Decade Volcanoes
Continent 1
Africa
Country 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in protected area 1
Virunga National Park
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Made from material 1
feldspathoid
Mountain range 1
Virunga Mountains
Significant event 1
2021 Mont Nyiragongo eruption
← FactGrid item ID 1
Syleham
← Type locality (geology) 1
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Related Entities

Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . drctourism.com. drctourism.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . drctourism.com. drctourism.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . volcano.si.edu. volcano.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . books.google.es. Retrieved . books.google.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nyiragongo Territory
    Significant event → 2021 Mont Nyiragongo eruption, 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
    "Created claim: Significant event: 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, #temporary_batch_1793701892071"
  2. 5w ago · Chroniqueur de Goma · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nyiragongo Territory
    "Created claim: Country: Nyiragongo Territory"
  3. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 4042853-9
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56529: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  4. 6w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online → nyiragongo
    "Created claim: Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: nyiragongo"
  5. 26w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "Removed claim: Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/sopka-nyiragongo/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Ja"
  6. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 3,470 metre
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Volcano", "Nyiragongo"], Entity["Mountain", "Nyiragongo"]
    Located in protected area → Virunga National Park
    Age estimated by a dating method → 500,000 year
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mountain", "Nyiragongo"], batch #257096"
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