GVP volcano 223040 · no holder yet
Karisimbi
Karisimbi is a 4,490 m stratovolcano on the DR Congo–Rwanda border, last erupted around 8050 BCE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,490 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 8050 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 1.51°S 29.45°E · DR Congo-Rwanda
- Region
- Albertine Rift Volcanic Province, Eastern Africa Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 223040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).