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Encyclopedia > Mount Karisimbi
Mount Karisimbi
Elevation: 14,787 ft (4,507 m)
Latitude: 1° 30′ 0″ S
Longitude: 29° 27′ 0″ E
Location: Rwanda/Democratic Republic of Congo
Range: Virunga Mountains
Type: Stratovolcano

Mount Karisimbi is a dormant volcano in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda. He is with 4507 m (14,787 feet) the highest of the eight major mountains of the mountain range, which is a part of the East African Rift Valley. The name Karisimbi probably comes from isimbi, which means in Kinyaruanda little white shell and is an allusion to the white snow cap this tall volcano has sometimes. Between the Karisimbi and the Visoke is the Karisoke Research Center, which was founded by Dian Fossey in order to observe the mountain gorillas living in this area.


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Mount Karisimbi - Encyclopedia.com (573 words)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/18/1996; 858 words; Byline: Chris Tomlinson Associated Press MOUNT KARISIMBI, Rwanda -- Umogome sits atop a volcano on the Rwanda-Zaire border, watching...
Virunga National Park, Rwanda -- The 330-pound mountain gorilla sat in the dense, damp forest that covers the slopes of Mount Karisimbi, peering at reporters as he picked lice from his fur.
Mount Nyiragongo, the mountain the vulcanologist had studied for...
Mount Karisimbi at AllExperts (208 words)
Mount Karisimbi is a dormant volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
At 4507 m (14,787 ft), Karisimbi is the highest of the eight major mountains of the mountain range, which is a part of the East African Rift Valley.
Karisimbi is flanked by Mikeno to the north, Bisoke to the east and Nyiragongo to the west, on the other side of the Rift Valley.
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