Mount Bisoke

Mount Bisoke is an active stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. It straddles the border of and the , but the summit is located in Rwanda.
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  • Volcano rising to 2,711 metres (8,894 feet)
  • Description: a volcano located on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda
  • Also known as
    “Mount Visoke”
    “Volcan Bishoke”
    “Volcan Bisoke”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bisoke Crater Lake and Karisoke Research Center.
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Nature reserve
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Mount Bisoke

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Latitude
-1.4581° or 1° 27′ 29″ south
Longitude
29.48532° or 29° 29′ 7″ east
Open location code
6GCFGFRP+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 310987482
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
49519
Wiki­data ID
Q804039

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Bisoke” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيسوك”
  • Asturian: “Monte Bisoke”
  • Catalan: “Visoke”
  • Cebuano: “Volcan Visoke”
  • Chinese: “比蘇奇火山”
  • Dutch: “Bisoke”
  • Dutch: “Mount Bisoke”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت بيسوك”
  • Estonian: “Bisoke mägi”
  • Estonian: “Bisoke vulkaan”
  • Estonian: “Bisoke”
  • Estonian: “Visoke mägi”
  • Estonian: “Visoke vulkaan”
  • Estonian: “Visoke”
  • French: “Bisoke”
  • French: “Bisoko”
  • French: “Kirunga Visoke”
  • French: “Mont Bisoke”
  • French: “Mont Visoke”
  • French: “Visoke”
  • French: “Wissoke”
  • German: “Bisoke”
  • German: “Bisoko”
  • German: “Visoke”
  • Hebrew: “הר ביסוקה”
  • Hungarian: “Bisoke”
  • Italian: “Bisoke”
  • Italian: “Visoke”
  • Japanese: “ビソケ山”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikirunga cya Bisoke”
  • Ladin: “Mount Bisoke”
  • Lithuanian: “Bisokė”
  • Lithuanian: “Visokė”
  • Macedonian: “Бисоке”
  • Persian: “کوه بیسوکه”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Bisoke”
  • Russian: “Бисоке”
  • Russian: “Високе”
  • Slovak: “Visoke”
  • Swahili: “Bisoke”
  • Swahili: “Visoke”
  • Swedish: “Visoke”
  • Swedish: “Volcan Visoke”
  • Ukrainian: “Бісоке”
  • Venetian: “Visoke”

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