What is the date, place, and height of the most recent volcano that has erupted in Africa? We are having trouble finding this information for a school project. Thanks!

rocky Matt and Anthony

Dear Matt and Anthony,

On June 23, 1994, a lava lake formed in Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Zaire. Activity has continued at the lava lake. Nyiragongo is 3,459 m tall and at 1.5S, 29.3E.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

P.S. I went to school at NIU in DeKalb.

Source of Information:
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 1995, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., v. 20, no. 1, p. 1-13. 

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