Mount Gahinga, is a dormant/extinct
volcano in the
Virunga Mountains on the border between
Rwanda and
Uganda. Gahinga lies between
Muhabura and
Sabyinyo, but is the smallest of these three. Mount Gahinga, also known in the local Kinyarwanda/Rufumbira dialect as "a small pile of stones", has a swampy caldera on its peak. The caldera is believed to be about 180 meters wide.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park also got its name from this volcano. Mount Gahinga, whose elevation is 3,474 meters, is part of a chain of 8 volcanic mountains of the Mufumbiro ranges. The volcano chain spans across
Uganda,
Rwanda and the
Democratic Republic of Congo.