Gahinga Volcano
Mount Gahinga is a dormant/extinct volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the Rwanda-Uganda border. Gahinga lies between Muhabura and Sabyinyo, but is the smallest of these three volcanoes.
- Volcano rising to 3,474 metres (11,398 feet)
- Description: mountain
- Also known as“Gahinga”“Mahing”“Mgahinga”“Mount Gahinga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Muhavura Volcano.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is a national park…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bunagana.
Gahinga Volcano
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Latitude
-1.38642° or 1° 23′ 11″ south
Longitude
29.64515° or 29° 38′ 43″ east
Open location code
6GCFJJ7W+C3
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Gahinga Volcano” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل كيانخا”
- Catalan: “Gahinga”
- Catalan: “Mont Gahinga”
- Catalan: “Mount Gahinga”
- Cebuano: “Volcan Gahinga”
- Chinese: “姆加新加火山”
- Dutch: “Mount Gahinga”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كيانخا”
- Esperanto: “Gahinga”
- Estonian: “Gahinga”
- French: “Gahinga”
- French: “Mont Gahinga”
- French: “Volcan Gahinga”
- German: “Gahinga”
- Hebrew: “הר גהינגה”
- Hungarian: “Gahinga”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Gahinga”
- Italian: “Gahinga”
- Japanese: “ガヒンガ山”
- Kinyarwanda: “Ikirunga cya Gahinga”
- Ladin: “Mount Gahinga”
- Macedonian: “Гахинга”
- Persian: “کوه گاهینگا”
- Russian: “Гахинга”
- Venetian: “Gahinga”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ngarama batwa cave and Mgahinga Irish potato multiplication farm.
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