Explore Nyamuragira in central Africa, one of the world’s most active and mysterious volcanoes. Decades of civil strife have prevented scientists from investigating the volcano, but a brief ...

The lava lake at Nyamuragira volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) simmers deep within the summit's North Pit Crater. Though the churning lava seems to come and go, scientists ...

Nyamuragira in the Congo erupted to start off the new year, producing explosions and lava flows. The flow are moving down the southern flank of the volcano. The eruption started with loud ...

Mount Nyamuragira is a shield volcano, which means it is dome-shaped and typically erupts lava that spreads out slowly over wide areas. Its summit is about 10,033 feet (3,058 meters) high, and it ...

A pile of news for the new week! The glow of new lava flows from Nyamuragira in the Congo, taken from the Virunga Park Headquarters, January 2, 2010. Mayon PHIVOLCS may lower the alert status at ...

Located near the equator in central Africa, the Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes are often obscured from satellite view by clouds. But on February 9, 2015, clear skies afforded an unobstructed ...

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The Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO), the scientific institute in charge of monitoring Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira volcanoes, has said that there has been intense lava lake activity in the central ...

The Nyamuragira volcano, one of the eight components of the Virunga volcanic range in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, along the border with Rwanda, has continued its eruptions.

Nyamuragira is a shield volcano composed of old lava flows that cover about 1,500 square kilometers (580 square miles). The slopes of this broad volcano rise gradually, reaching an altitude of ...