Mount Sabyinyo Volcano, DRC
Mount Sabyinyo is an extinct volcano in east Africa, north-east of Lake Kivu one of the east African great lakes in western branch of the east African rift, and west of lake Bunyonyi in Uganda.
The name” Sabyinyo” derived from the Kinyarwanda word” iryinyo” meaning “tooth”. The mountain carries the local nickname “old man’s teeth” because it serrated summit resembles spaced teeth in the gum line of an old man (in contrast to the perfect conical summits of the adjacent mountains in this range).
It stands 3,645m above sea level, marks the intersection of the borders of the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. It straddles the adjoining national parks of virunga national park in Democratic republic of Congo, Volcanoes national park in Rwanda and Mgahinga national park in Uganda.
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