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In which country Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano located?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 25 May 2021

In which country Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano located?

A. Cameroon

B. Congo

C. Chad

D. Gabon

Explanation:

Recently, an active volcano overlooking Congo’s Goma town erupted, Indian Army rushed to assist in evacuation of locals and other UN personnel in the affected region. Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 m in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 12 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu.

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