Mount Bisoke

Mount Bisoke
Mount Bisoke
	Mount Bisoke
Highest point
Elevation	3,711 m (12,175 ft)
Prominence	581 m (1,906 ft)
Coordinates	1°27′39″S 29°28′54″E / 1.46083°S 29.48167°E
Geography
	Mount Bisoke Location in Rwanda, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Bisoke Mount Bisoke (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Location	Rwanda / Democratic Republic of the Congo
Parent range	Virunga Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	August 1957

Mount Bisoke (also Visoke) 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. It is located approximately 35 km northeast of the town of Goma and the adjacent Lake Kivu.