Central Africa
Cameroon
North-West Region

Lake Oku

Lake Oku is a crater lake on the in the of . It is located at 2,227 metres on , and is completely surrounded by cloud forest.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: crater lake on the Bamenda Plateau in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
  • Also known as: “Lac Oku”, “Mahuès See”, and “Mauwes-See”

Lake Oku

Latitude
6.19444° or 6° 11′ 40″ north
Longitude
10.45345° or 10° 27′ 12″ east
Elevation
1,917 metres (6,289 feet)
Open location code
6FRG5FV3+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22980175
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
2223197
Wiki­data ID
Q1115550
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Oku from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Oku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة أوكو”
  • Basque: “Oku lakua”
  • Burmese: “အိုကုကန်”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Oku”
  • Chinese: “奥库湖”
  • Chinese: “奧庫湖”
  • Croatian: “Oku”
  • French: “lac Oku”
  • French: “Lac oku”
  • French: “Lac Oku”
  • German: “Oku-See”
  • Italian: “Lago Oku”
  • Russian: “Оку”
  • Spanish: “Lago Oku”
  • Swedish: “Lake Oku”
  • Venetian: “lago Oku”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Oku”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Oku”. Photo: Nickaj, Public domain.