Volcano profile

Congo - Kinshasa

Mugogo.

Name: Mugogo
Address: CD

Volcano profile for Mugogo in Congo - Kinshasa, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status: No current eruption report
Volcano type: Volcanic cone
Elevation: 2,338 m
Last documented eruption: 1957
Coordinates: -1.3687°, 29.48°
GVP number: 223045

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Congo - Kinshasa

Mugogo

Volcanic cone

Elevation: 2,338 m
Last documented eruption: 1957

No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics

Coordinates: -1.3687°, 29.48°
Volcanic region (GVP): Albertine Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting: Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP: 223045

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Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Mugogo · Congo - Kinshasa

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

Start	End	VEI	Report status
1 Aug 1957	3 Aug 1957	1	Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

No recorded events in this selection.

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Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

Kisoro AirportUganda · KXO · HUKI
28.3 kmStraight-line distance
Goma International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · GOM · FZNA
42.7 kmStraight-line distance
Savannah AirstripUganda · KHX
76.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

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Nearby places

RutshuruCongo - Kinshasa · 20.6 km

MukingoRwanda · 20.8 km

BusogoRwanda · 22.2 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

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Mugogo.