Mount Sabyinyo

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Mount Sabyinyo is a dormant, jagged-peaked volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the borders of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, renowned for its rich biodiversity and mountain gorilla habitat.

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Mount Sabyinyo canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dormant volcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
elevation 12037 ft ⓘ
3669 m ⓘ
geologicalProvince Western Branch of the East African Rift ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
habitatFor Albertine Rift endemic species ⓘ
mountain gorilla ⓘ
hasConservationSignificance critical habitat for endangered species ⓘ
hasFeature deeply eroded slopes ⓘ
jagged peak ⓘ
hasSummitSharedBy Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
hasTouristActivity gorilla tracking ⓘ
guided trekking ⓘ
hasVegetationType afro-alpine vegetation ⓘ
bamboo forest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
isPartOfTransboundaryArea Rwanda–Uganda–DRC border region ⓘ
knownFor ecotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountain gorilla habitat ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
Virunga Mountains ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Mgahinga Gorilla National Park ⓘ
Virunga National Park ⓘ
Volcanoes National Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Southwestern Uganda ⓘ
Western Province, Rwanda ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
nameMeaning "old man’s teeth" in Kinyarwanda ⓘ
partOf Albertine Rift ⓘ
East African Rift ⓘ
Virunga Conservation Area ⓘ
range Virunga Mountains ⓘ
status dormant ⓘ
volcanicField Virunga volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Virunga Mountains
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

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Volcanoes National Park → contains → Mount Sabyinyo ⓘ
Virunga Mountains → contains → Mount Sabyinyo ⓘ