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Mount Nyiragongo

active volcano in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mountain volcano Q214696
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Summary

Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,991 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Democratic Republic of the Congo[3]
  • Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo[4], Nyiragongo Territory[5]
  • Continent: Africa[6]
  • Instance of: stratovolcano[7]
  • Made from material: feldspathoid[8]
  • Commons category: Nyiragongo[9]
  • Significant event: 2021 Mont Nyiragongo eruption[10]
  • Native label: Nyiragongo[11]
  • Elevation above sea level: 3470 m[12]
  • Has part(s) of the class: volcanic crater[13], lava lake[14]
  • Located in protected area: Virunga National Park[15]
  • Volcano observatory: Goma Volcanological Observatory[16]
  • Mountain range: Virunga Mountains[17]
  • Age estimated by a dating method: 500,000 years[18]

Why It Matters

Mount Nyiragongo has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . volcano.si.edu. volcano.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . books.google.es. Retrieved . books.google.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11d ago · Chroniqueur de Goma · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nyiragongo Territory
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Nyiragongo Territory"
  2. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 4042853-9
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 18d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → nyiragongo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: nyiragongo"
  4. 21w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ 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"
  5. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3470'}
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Volcano", "Nyiragongo"], Entity["Mountain", "Nyiragongo"]
    Located in protected area → Virunga National Park
    Age estimated by a dating method → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+500000'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Mountain", "Nyiragongo"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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