Mount Sabyinyo
| Mount Sabyinyo | |
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| File:Mountain Sabyinyo.jpg Mount Sabyinyo | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,669 m (12,037 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,046 m (3,432 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ribu |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda–Uganda |
| Parent range | Virunga Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene[2] |
Mount Sabyinyo ("Sabyinyo" is derived from the Kinyarwanda word "Iryinyo", meaning "tooth"; also "Sabyinyo, Sabyinio") is an extinct volcano in eastern Africa in the Virunga Mountains. Mount Sabyinyo is the oldest volcano of the range. It is north-east of Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, and west of Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. The summit of the mountain, at 3,669 metres (12,037 ft),[3] marks the intersection of the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda, and holds religious significance for local tribes. It also is within the adjoining national parks established by these countries: Virunga National Park in the DRC, the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda.
The slopes of Mount Sabyinyo are a habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla.[4][5] The mountain carries the local nickname "Old Man's Teeth," because its serrated summit resembles worn teeth in a gum line (in contrast to the perfect conical summits of the adjacent mountains in this range).[6]
The peaks of Mount Sabyinyo[7] can be easily done and accessed and trekked along the foothills from the side of Mgahinga National park in Uganda.
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- Virunga Mountains
- International mountains of Africa
- Volcanoes of Africa
- Mountains of Rwanda
- Mountains of Uganda
- Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Stratovolcanoes of Rwanda
- Stratovolcanoes of Uganda
- Stratovolcanoes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Three-thousanders
- Border tripoints
- Rwanda–Uganda border
- Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda border
- Democratic Republic of the Congo–Uganda border
- Kisoro District
- Extinct volcanoes
- Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
- Pleistocene Africa