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Mount Cameroon

Mountain information
NameMount Cameroon
Elevation13254.6 ft (4040 m)
Prominence10157.5 ft (3096 m)
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
LocationSouthwest Province, Cameroon
RegionCM
TypeStratovolcano
Last eruption2000
First ascentJoseph Merrick, 1840s
Easiest routeScramble

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Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its native name Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness").

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. The most recent eruptions occurred on March 28, 1999 and May 28, 2000.


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