Erupting cinder cone volcano in background, with temporary tourist camp in foreground.Lava flow in the foreground with the outline of the Murara cinder cone in the background
Murara was a small, short-lived, cinder cone on the flank of Mount Nyamuragira, that began erupting on December 23, 1976. It is located about twelve kilometers south-southwest of the main crater of Nyamuragira, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] On 18 January 1977, the height of the cone was measured as 150 metres.[2]
Eruptions from Murara reduced considerably after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on January 10, 1977 and ended completely in April 1977.
During the Christmas and New Year holiday period, the Virunga National Park authorities organised a temporary camp, within a few hundred metres of Murara, so that visitors could observe the eruption and lava flow.
References
^Nakamura, Y.; Aoki, K. (1980). "二一ラゴンゴ火山の1977年噴火とその噴出物の化学組成" [The 1977 Eruptron of Nyiragongo Volcano, Eastern Afnca, and Chemical Composition of the Ejecta]. Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan (in Japanese). 25 (1): 17–32. doi:10.18940/kazanc.25.1_17. (English abstract)
