Lake Nyos
| disaster site, dangerous place / area
Cameroon /
Nordouest /
Mme /
World
/ Cameroon
/ Nordouest
/ Mme
World / Cameroon / Nord-Ouest
lake, disaster site, dangerous place / area
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano near Mount Oku, along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity. A natural dam of volcanic rock hems in the lake waters. A pocket of magma lies beneath the lake and leaks carbon dioxide (CO2) into the waters.
A discharge of carbon dioxide from the lake in 1986 killed about 1,700 people and an unknown amount of wildlife.
A discharge of carbon dioxide from the lake in 1986 killed about 1,700 people and an unknown amount of wildlife.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos
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Coordinates: 6°26'16"N 10°17'52"E
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