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Lava flow and geological information related to the volcanic eruption in DR Congo and Rwanda as of 27 May 2021

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Lava flow and geological information related to the volcanic eruption in DR Congo and Rwanda as of 27 May 2021
Description
**UNOSAT code: VO20210523COD** This map illustrates the lava flow extent and the related geological information north of Goma airport, Nord-Kivu province, D.R. of the Congo as detected by satellite images acquired after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo on 22 May 2021. UNITAR-UNOSAT analysis used Sentinel-2 and SAOCOM-1A images acquired on 27 May 2021, at respectively 08:30 UTC and 02:21 UTC, to extract the lava flow extent. Within this map, three vents have been identified along the hillside south of Nyiragongo caldera. In addition, about 10 km of fissures have been mapped and are mainly in NNE-SSW and NNW-SSE directions. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2021-05-28
Date Issued
2022-02-18
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Lava flow and geological information related to the volcanic eruption in DR Congo and Rwanda as of 27 May 2021. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/fe916b07-ca37-4c8a-9f21-faf8cd7a3df6 (dataset)
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