What was the most recent volcanic eruption in Africa?

Night photo of lava lake in Nyiragongo. Photograph by Jack Lockwood, U.S. Geological Survey, August 21, 1994.

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.

Erta Ale has been in continuous eruption since 1967.

Steve Mattox

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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