Editing Mount Nyiragongo (section)

{{Short description|Active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
{{Redirect|Nyiragongo|the territory|Nyiragongo Territory}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Nyiragongo
| photo = An aerial view of the towering volcanic peak of Mt. Nyiragongo.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Nyiragongo viewed aerially in 2014
| elevation = {{convert|3470|m|0|abbr=on}}
| elevation_ref = <ref name="GVP-Nyiragongo" />
| prominence_m = 1,443
| prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=World Ribus – East Africa Mountains
|url=https://worldribus.org/east-africa-mountains/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}}</ref>
| listing = Ribu
| map = Democratic Republic of the Congo
| map_caption = Mount Nyiragongo
| map_size = 300
| label_position = bottom
| location = [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
| range = [[Virunga Mountains]]
| coordinates = {{coord|1|31|09|S|29|15|15|E|region:CD_type:mountain_scale:1000000|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="GVP-Nyiragongo" />
| topo = 
| type = [[Stratovolcano]]
| age = 
| last_eruption = 22 February 2024 &ndash; present<ref name="GVP-Nyiragongo" />
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = 
}}

'''Mount Nyiragongo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|ɪər|ə|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|ŋ|ɡ|oʊ|,_|-|ˈ|ɡ|ɔː|ŋ|-}} {{respell|neer|ə|GONG|go}}) is an active [[stratovolcano]] with an elevation of {{convert|3470|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="GVP-Nyiragongo">{{Cite gvp|vn=223030|name=Nyiragongo|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> in the [[Virunga Mountains]] associated with the [[Albertine Rift]]. It is located inside [[Virunga National Park]], in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], about {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} north of the town of [[Goma]] and [[Lake Kivu]] and just west of the border with [[Rwanda]]. The main crater is about {{convert|2|km|spell=in|0}} wide and usually contains a [[lava lake]]. The crater presently has two distinct cooled [[lava bench]]es within the crater walls – one at about {{convert|3175|m|abbr=on}} and a lower one at about {{convert|2975|m|abbr=on}}. 

Nyiragongo's lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history. The depth of the lava lake varies considerably. A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about {{convert|3250|m|abbr=on}} prior to the January 1977 eruption – a lake depth of about {{convert|600|m|abbr=on}}. Following the January 2002 eruption, the lava lake was recorded at a low of about {{convert|2600|m|abbr=on}}, or {{convert|900|m|abbr=on}} below the rim.<ref name="Tedesco-2007">{{Cite journal|last=Tedesco |first=Dario |display-authors=etal |year=2007 |title=January 2002 volcano-tectonic eruption of Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=112 |issue=B9 |pages=B09202 |doi=10.1029/2006JB004762 |bibcode=2007JGRB..112.9202T |doi-access=free }}</ref> The level has gradually risen since then.<ref name="Burgi-2014">{{Cite journal|last1=Burgi |first1=P.-Y. |last2=Darrah |first2=T. H. |last3=Tedesco |first3= Dario |last4=Eymold |first4= W. K.|year=2014 |title=Dynamics of the Mount Nyiragongo lava lake |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |volume=119 |issue=5 |pages=4106–4122 |doi=10.1002/2013JB010895 |bibcode=2014JGRB..119.4106B  |doi-access=free }}</ref> Nyiragongo and nearby [[Nyamuragira]] are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical [[volcanic eruption]]s.<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web | url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/63 | title=Virunga National Park | publisher=[[UNESCO]] | work=World Heritage List | access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>