Information about Mount Cameroon
| Mount Cameroon | |
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) Craters left after the eruptions in 2000 | |
| Elevation | 4,040 metres (13255 ft)[1] |
| Location | Southwest Province, Cameroon |
| Prominence | 3,096 m (10157 ft) |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 2000 |
| First ascent | Joseph Merrick, 1840s[2] |
| Easiest route | scramble |
Location, Recent Eruptions
The mountain is part of the area of volcanic activity known as the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of the 1986 Lake Nyos tragedy. The most recent eruptions occurred on March 28, 1999 and May 28, 2000.Description and Travellers' Accounts
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A view of Mount Cameroon from the road of Kribi.
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A lava flow of Mount Cameroon (1999).
Mount Cameroon is one of Africa's largest volcanoes, rising to 4,040 metres (13255 ft) above the coast of west Cameroon. It rises from the coast through tropical rainforest to a bare summit which is cold, windy, and occasionally brushed with snow. The massive steep-sided volcano of dominantly basaltic-to-trachybasaltic composition forms a volcanic horst constructed above a basement of Precambrian metamorphic rocks covered with Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments. More than 100 small cinder cones, often fissure-controlled parallel to the long axis of the massive 1,400 km³ (336 mi³) volcano, occur on the flanks and surrounding lowlands. A large satellitic peak, Etinde (also known as Little Mount Cameroon), is located on the southern flank near the coast. Mount Cameroon has the most frequent eruptions of any West African volcanoes. The first written accounts of volcanic activity could be the one from the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator, who might have observed the mountain in the 5th century BC. Moderate explosive and effusive eruptions have occurred throughout history from both summit and flank vents. A 1922 eruption on the southwestern flank produced a lava flow that reached the Atlantic coast, and a lava flow from a 1999 south-flank eruption stopped only 200 m (660 ft) from the sea, cutting the coastal highway.
The peak can be reached by hikers, while the annual Mount Cameroon Race of Hope scales the peak in around 4½ hours.
English explorer Mary Kingsley, one of the first Europeans to scale the mountain, recounts her expedition in her 1897 memoir Travels in West Africa.
Notes
1. ^ A higher elevation of 4,095 m (13435 ft) is often given, but this is not compatible with SRTM data, which shows no 3" cells higher than 4,027 m (13212 ft) or 1" cells higher than 4,029 m (13219 ft). A GPS reading of 13,200±50 feet (4024±16 m) has been reported. The elevation is subject to change due to volcanic activity.
2. ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 174. The authors do not give a precise year, but Merrick was active in Cameroon from 1844 to 1849.
2. ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 174. The authors do not give a precise year, but Merrick was active in Cameroon from 1844 to 1849.
References
- DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
- Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Mount Cameroon
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Capital Buea
Divisions Fako
Koupe-et-Manengouba
Lebialem
Manyu
Meme
Ndian
Area 24,571 km
Inhabitants 838,042 (1987)
Pop. density 34 inh.
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Divisions Fako
Koupe-et-Manengouba
Lebialem
Manyu
Meme
Ndian
Area 24,571 km
Inhabitants 838,042 (1987)
Pop. density 34 inh.
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4. Base
5. Sill
6. Branch pipe
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3. Conduit (pipe)
4. Base
5. Sill
6. Branch pipe
7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano
8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano
10. Throat
11. Parasitic cone
12. Lava flow
13. Vent
14.
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2. Bedrock
3. Conduit (pipe)
4. Base
5. Sill
6. Branch pipe
7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano
8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano
10. Throat
11. Parasitic cone
12. Lava flow
13. Vent
14.
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Lake type Meromictic
Basin countries Cameroon
Max length 2.0 km
Max width 1.2 km
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Lake type Meromictic
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Max width 1.2 km
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