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==Geology== |
==Geology== |
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Bisoke, like all the peaks in the Virunga Mountain Range, is a volcano created by [[rift valley|rift]] action on the forming [[divergent boundary]] of the East African Rift which is slowly bisecting the [[African plate]]. Bisoke’s last eruption was in 1957 and has a [[crater lake]] at the summit, the largest of the range. |
Bisoke, like all the peaks in the Virunga Mountain Range, is a volcano created by [[rift valley|rift]] action on the forming [[divergent boundary]] of the East African Rift which is slowly bisecting the [[African plate]]. Bisoke’s last eruption was in 1957 and has a [[Volcanic crater lake|crater lake]] at the summit, the largest of the range. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Revision as of 11:27, 20 November 2019
| Mount Bisoke | |
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 Mount Bisoke | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,711 m (12,175 ft) |
| Coordinates | 1°27′39″S 29°28′54″E / 1.46083°S 29.48167°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Bisoke Location in Rwanda, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Mount Bisoke Mount Bisoke (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | |
| Location | Rwanda / Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Parent range | Virunga Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | August 1957 |
Mount Bisoke (also Visoke) is a dormant volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. It straddles the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the summit is located in Rwanda. It is located approximately 35 km northeast of the town of Goma and adjacent Lake Kivu.
Geology
Bisoke, like all the peaks in the Virunga Mountain Range, is a volcano created by rift action on the forming divergent boundary of the East African Rift which is slowly bisecting the African plate. Bisoke’s last eruption was in 1957 and has a crater lake at the summit, the largest of the range.
Geography
The mountain is within the Rwandan Volcanoes National Park and the Congolese Virunga National Park. The steep slopes of the peak are densely covered with equatorial rainforest and alpine meadows. The summit does not gather snow, but is often shrouded in fog. Bisoke is one of the mountains considered[by whom?] a habitat for the Endangered mountain gorilla, and the Karisoke Research Center founded by Dian Fossey is in the valley to the west.
Industry/Tourism
Being within two national parks, it is by law off-limits to most standard wilderness industries such as logging, farming, or mining. Aside from visitors to the parks searching for gorillas or other wildlife, the peak is popular with mountaineers. It can be climbed in a day from the Rwandan side, and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) leads two-day excursions to it and nearby Mount Karisimbi, most often out of the nearby city of Ruhengeri. The climb is considered steep but walkable.[1]
The local tourism industry was devastated during the 1990s by several bloody uprisings and wars in central Africa including the Rwandan Civil War (1990–1994), Rwandan Genocide (1994), First Congo War (1996–1997) and Second Congo War (1998–2003), and Burundian Civil War (1993–2005). During this time, military action and refugee relocation wreaked ecological havoc (including deforestation and poaching of endangered species) upon the Volcanoes and Virunga National Parks and the surrounding area. In recent years, both parks have been somewhat secured, and the tourism industry of the area has been recovering, despite ongoing conflicts.[2]
References
- ^ "Mount Bisoke". Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ^ "Rwanda: From war zone to vacation destination". dailycamera.com. April 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008.