Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Geologic Location

Nyamuagira is in the Congo in Africa. It is 9 miles north west of the city of Nyiragongo. Its coordanites are: Latitude: 1° 24' 35 S, Longitude: 29° 12' 25 E. It is on the African plate in the East Africa Rift Zone.
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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo

Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo
This shows the volcano naighboring Namuragira.

Work Cited

"Nyamuragira, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)." Valcano World. 6 Mar. 2001. 23 Mar. 2009 .



"Global Volcanism Program Nyamuragira Summary." Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program: Worldwide Holocene Volcano and Eruption Information. 23 Mar. 2009 .



Van Rose, Susanna. Volcano & Earthquake. 1st. New York City: DK Publishing, Inc., 1992.

"Nyamuragira Lava Flows : Image of the Day." NASA Earth Observatory: Home. 24 Mar. 2009 <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8299>.


Unknown Photographer. "Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo : Image of the Day." NASA Earth Observatory: Home. 27 Mar. 2009 .