Nyos
Nyos is a village in North-West Region, Cameroon and has an elevation of 1,370 metres. Nyos is situated nearby to the village Kam, as well as near Bwabwa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Nyos.
Lake Nyos
Lake
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chah.
Chah
Village
Chah, or Cha, is a village in the Northwest Province of Cameroon that was largely abandoned after the Lake Nyos disaster of 1986, when an eruption of carbon dioxide from nearby Lake Nyos killed many of its inhabitants. Chah is situated 9 km northwest of Nyos.
Nyos
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: North-West Region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.42587° or 6° 25′ 33″ north
Longitude
10.28913° or 10° 17′ 21″ east
Elevation
1,370 metres (4,495 feet)
Open location code
6FRGC7GQ+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
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