Lake Monoun
Lake Monoun is a crater lake in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field. On August 15, 1984, a limnic eruption occurred at the lake, which resulted in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide that killed 37 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in West Province, Cameroon
- Also known as: “Lac Monoun”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kouoptamo and Foumbot.
Kouoptamo
Town
Kouoptamo is a town and commune in Cameroon. It lies to the southeast of the artificial Lake Bamendjing. Kouoptamo is situated 9 km north of Lake Monoun.
Foumbot
Town
Foumbot is a town and commune in Cameroon. Foumbot is situated 10 km southeast of Lake Monoun.
Lake Monoun
- Categories: meromictic lake and volcanic crater lake
- Location: West Region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.57908° or 5° 34′ 45″ northLongitude
10.58433° or 10° 35′ 4″ eastElevation
1,080 metres (3,543 feet)Open location code
6FQGHHHM+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 32125092OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Monoun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Welsh—“Lake Monoun” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “မိုနွန်းကန်”
- Catalan: “llac Monoun”
- Cebuano: “Monoun”
- Central Bikol: “Danaw Monoun”
- Chinese: “莫瑙恩湖”
- Danish: “Lake Monoun”
- Danish: “Monounsøen”
- Dutch: “Lake Monoun”
- Esperanto: “Monoun”
- French: “lac Monoun”
- French: “Lac monoun”
- French: “Lac Monoun”
- French: “Monoun”
- German: “Lac Monoun”
- German: “Manoun-See”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Monoun”
- Hebrew: “אגם מונון”
- Hungarian: “Monoun-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Monoun”
- Italian: “lago Monoun”
- Italian: “Lago Monoun”
- Japanese: “マヌーン湖”
- Japanese: “モヌン湖”
- Latvian: “Lac Monoun”
- Latvian: “Lake Monoun”
- Latvian: “Monoun”
- Latvian: “Monūna ezers”
- Latvian: “Monūnas ezers”
- Latvian: “Monūns”
- Persian: “دریاچه مونون”
- Portuguese: “Lago Monoun”
- Russian: “Манун”
- Russian: “Монун”
- Spanish: “Lago Monoun”
- Swedish: “Monoun”
- Welsh: “Llyn Monoun”
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Highlights include Mfombèn and Sous-Préfecture de Kouoptamo.
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