Bisoke Crater Lake
Bisoke Crater Lake is in DR Congo. Bisoke Crater Lake is situated nearby to the volcano Mount Bisoke, as well as near the nature reserve Karisoke Research Center.Photo: Joseph Lionceau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Bisoke and Karisoke Research Center.
Mount Bisoke
Volcano
Photo: Nickolayvladim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Bisoke is an active 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.
Karisoke Research Center
Nature reserve
The Karisoke Research Center is a research institute in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas.
Bisoke Crater Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: Crater Lake at the top of Mount Bisoke in Rwanda
- Category: volcanic crater lake
- Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.46097° or 1° 27′ 40″ southLongitude
29.48675° or 29° 29′ 12″ eastOpen location code
6GCFGFQP+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 260590342OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q124419573
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Bisoke Crater Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “lac de cratère du Bisoke”
- French: “Lac de cratère du Bisoke”
- German: “Bisoke Crater Lake”
- German: “Visoke-Kratersee”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gorilla Graveyard and Dian Fossey Grave.
Nearby Places
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