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Nyiragongo (also spelled Niragongo), one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes, is a large stratovolcano near Lake Kivu at the eastern border of DRCongo with Rwanda in the Virunga National Park.
It has a 1.2 km diameter summit caldera containing the world's most active and largest lava lake.
Nyiragongo is infamous for its extremely fluid lava that runs as water when the lava lake drains. On January 17, 2002, Nyiragongo erupted and the lava lake drained from fissures on its western flanks. The city centre of the Goma town, the capital of the East Virunga province, had been destroyed by voluninous lava flows. 200,000 people were left homeless, adding to the human desaster caused by frequent civil wars.
Stratovolcano 3470 m / 11,384 ft
DRCongo, -1.52°S / 29.25°E
Stato attuale: eruzione (4 di 5)
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Eruzioni del vulcano Nyiragongo:
1884, 1894, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1908(?), 1911, 1918, 1920-21, 1927-77, 1977, 1982, 1994-96, 2002 (17 Jan.), 2002-ongoing (lava lake)
Stile eruttivo tipico:Grandi eruzioni effusive; persistente Lago di lava nel cratere vertice.
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Nyiragongo volcano (DRCongo): lava lake level drops
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019 12:05 PM | AUTORE: T
The Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma (OVG) reported that during 1-31 July the level Nyiragongo’s lava lake had dropped, making it not visible in the daytime. Incandescence from the lake continued to be visible at night. Activity also declined at a small eruptive cone that formed in the crater in 2014.
News precedente
Saturday, Jun 24, 2017
Una selezione di fotografie scattate da Ingrid Smet durante nostro giugno 2017 spedizione di Gorilla Nyiragongo lava lago e montagna in Congo DR che includeva una 3 giorni / notti soggiorno sul vulcano Nyiragongo. ...
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Friday, Sep 09, 2016
The activity at the volcano remains intense. The February 2016 side vent on the eastern lower terrace, which stopped in May and restarted in mid August, continues to be active, too. ...
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Saturday, Aug 27, 2016
The volcano's activity has increased again and the February 2016 side vent is now very active again, again producing lava cascades into the central lake. ...
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Wednesday, Jun 01, 2016
One of the local mountain guides reported that as of 30 May, no more lava flows from the side vent were active and cascading into the main lava lake, although lava bubbling could still be seen at the side vent. ...
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Wednesday, Apr 13, 2016
The secondary vent remains active, a recent visit (on 8 April) at the volcano showed. Lava continues to be erupted from the side vent on the eastern crater floor and occasionally still cascades into the main pit with the active lava lake: ...
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