Mount Mikeno

Mount Mikeno is an extinct volcanic mountain located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo section of the Virunga Mountains along with Mount Nyiragongo, Mount Nyamuragira, Mount Karisimbi, Mount Bisoke and Mount Sabyinyo. At 4,437 metres (14,557 ft) Mount Mikeno is the second highest peak in the Virunga Mountains after Karisimbi, and the 13th highest mountain of Africa. Mikeno means "poor" and is so named for its harsh slopes which preclude human habitation. [2]

Mount Mikeno
Mt. Mikeno behind the Bukima Patrol Post in Virunga National Park, DRC
Highest point
Elevation4,437 m (14,557 ft)[1]
Prominence1,193 m (3,914 ft)
Coordinates1°27′50″S 29°25′6″E
Geography
Parent rangeVirunga Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionPleistocene

Mount Mikeno lies completely within Virunga National Park and is known for the critically endangered mountain gorillas that live on its slopes. [3] Expeditions to observe Mikeno's gorillas typically leave from the nearby Bukima Patrol Post. [4]

Mount Mikeno is the type locality of the yellow-crested helmetshrike Prionops alberti.[5]

Notes
  1. "Mount Mikeno" Britannica.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  2. Fossey 1983, pp. 40
  3. "About Virunga National Park" Virguna.org. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. "Mountain Gorilla Treks" VisitVirguna.org. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  5. Schouteden, Henri (1933). "Un oiseau nouveau trouvi. au sommet du Mikeno". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 24: 211.

References

Fossey, Dian (1983), Gorillas in the Mist, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-618-08360-X

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