Mount Mikeno

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title: "Mount Mikeno" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["virunga-mountains", "mountains-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "stratovolcanoes-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "pleistocene-stratovolcanoes", "four-thousanders-of-africa", "volcanoes-of-the-great-rift-valley", "democratic-republic-of-the-congo–rwanda-border", "volcanoes-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo"] description: "Extinct volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo" topic_path: "general/virunga-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mikeno" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Mount Mikeno
photo	Bukima Patrol Post.jpg
elevation_m	4,437
elevation_ref
prominence_m	1,193
range	Virunga Mountains
parent_peak	Mount Karisimbi
listing	Highest mountain peaks of Africa
map	Democratic Republic of the Congo
map_size	300
label_position	bottom
location	Democratic Republic of the Congo
coordinates
coordinates_ref
type	Stratovolcano
last_eruption	Pleistocene
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| name = Mount Mikeno | photo = Bukima Patrol Post.jpg | elevation_m = 4,437 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1,193 | prominence_ref= | range = Virunga Mountains | parent_peak = Mount Karisimbi | listing = Highest mountain peaks of Africa | map = Democratic Republic of the Congo | map_caption = | map_size = 300 | label_position = bottom | location = Democratic Republic of the Congo | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = Stratovolcano | age = | last_eruption = Pleistocene | first_ascent = | easiest_route = 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 4437 m Mount Mikeno is the second highest peak in the Virunga Mountains after Karisimbi, and the 13th highest in Africa. Mikeno means "poor" and is so named for its harsh slopes which preclude human habitation.

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

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

It was featured in the movie Congo where the city of Solomon diamond mine is located.

Notes

References

| last = Fossey | first = Dian | author-link = Dian Fossey | year = 1983 | title = Gorillas in the Mist | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company | place = New York | isbn = 0-618-08360-X }}

References

1. "Mount Mikeno". Britannica.com.
2. {{cite opentopomap
3. "Mikedo".
4. {{Harvnb. Fossey. 1983
5. [http://virunga.org/the-park/ "About Virunga National Park"] Virguna.org. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
6. [http://visitvirunga.org/treks/#gorillas "Mountain Gorilla Treks"] VisitVirguna.org. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
7. (1933). "Un oiseau nouveau trouvi. au sommet du Mikeno". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.

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