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Mount Cameroon

Volcanic Formations

Mount Cameroon is an active stratovolcano in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea, and at 4,040 meters it is the highest point in western and central sub-Saharan Africa. Also known as Cameroon Mountain, Fako, or by the indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi, meaning Mountain of Greatness, it is the fourth most prominent peak in Africa and the 31st most prominent in the world, and forms part of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, the volcanic zone that also includes Lake Nyos. The volcano erupted eight times during the twentieth century, in 1909, 1922, 1925, 1954, 1959, 1982, 1999 and 2000, and most recently in February 2012, when a brief eruption caused minor injuries among the guides and porters on the mountain.

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
Protected Status
IUGS Geological Heritage Site 1
Activity
Active 2
Connections

Associated With

Cretaceous, Eras
Source Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)
Gneiss, Materials
Source Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)
Granite, Materials
Source Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)
Quaternary, Eras
Source Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Orogeny, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Cameroon
Volcanism, Processes
Source Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Mount Cameroon
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Cameroon

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Mount Cameroon
Sources
1. Mount Cameroon (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    In respect of it being 'one of the few volcanoes in the world located at the ocean-continent boundary in a passive tectonic margin', the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included 'The Quaternary Cameroon Volcano' in its assemblage of 100 'geological heritage sites' around the world in a listing published in October 2022.
  • Article text
    Mount Cameroon National Park (Parc National du Mont Cameroun) was created in 2009.
  • Associated With: Cretaceous, Article text, age Cretaceous
    It sits on a horst of Precambrian granite and gneiss overlain by Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments.
  • Associated With: Quaternary, Article text, age Quaternary
    It sits on a horst of Precambrian granite and gneiss overlain by Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments.
  • Associated With: Granite, Article text, rock Granite
    It sits on a horst of Precambrian granite and gneiss overlain by Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments.
  • Associated With: Gneiss, Article text, rock Gneiss
    It sits on a horst of Precambrian granite and gneiss overlain by Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments.
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead, process Volcanism
    The mountain is part of the area of volcanic activity known as the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of a disaster in 1986.
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2. Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the World, Holocene volcanoes service
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramVolcanoes of the World, volcano 224010
Quote, Volcanoes of the World, volcano 224010
"Volcano_Name": "Cameroon" ... "Last_Eruption_Year": 2000
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Wikidata: Mount Cameroon
Wikidata Q190562, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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