Cameroon
Coastal Cameroon
South-West Region

Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon is an active volcano and at an elevation of 4,040 metres is the highest peak in . It is a popular climb that does not require any special equipment.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 4,040 metres
  • Description: active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea
  • Also known as: “Cameroon”, “Cameroon Mountains”, “Cameroons Mountain”, “Cameroons Mountains”, “Kamerun Mountains”, and “Mount Cameroons”

Mount Cameroon

Latitude
4.218° or 4° 13′ 5″ north
Longitude
9.1734° or 9° 10′ 24″ east
Elevation
4,040 metres (13,255 feet)
Open location code
6FPF659F+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 619628767
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
2233386
Wiki­data ID
Q190562
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Mount Cameroon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kameroenberg”
  • Arabic: “جبل كمرون”
  • Asturian: “Monte Camerún”
  • Basque: “Kamerun mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Камерун”
  • Belarusian: “Камерун”
  • Breton: “Menez Kameroun”
  • Bulgarian: “Камерун”
  • Bulgarian: “Монт Камерун”
  • Catalan: “Mont Camerun”
  • Catalan: “Volcà Camerun”
  • Cebuano: “Cameroon Mountain”
  • Chinese: “喀麥隆火山”
  • Chinese: “喀麦隆火山”
  • Czech: “Cameroon Mountain”
  • Czech: “Fako”
  • Czech: “Kamerunská hora”
  • Czech: “Mongo ma Ndemi”
  • Czech: “Mont Cameroun”
  • Czech: “Mount Cameroon”
  • Danish: “Camerounbjerget”
  • Danish: “Mount Cameroon”
  • Dutch: “Berg Kameroen”
  • Dutch: “Mount Cameroon”
  • Dutch: “Mount Kameroen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كميرون”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Kameruno”
  • Estonian: “Fako”
  • Estonian: “Kameruni mägi”
  • Estonian: “Kameruni vulkaan”
  • Finnish: “Kamerunvuori”
  • French: “Cameroon Mountain”
  • French: “Gotterberg”
  • French: “Kamerungebirge”
  • French: “Manga ma Loba”
  • French: “Manga-ma-Loba”
  • French: “Mongo ma Loba”
  • French: “Mongo ma Lobo”
  • French: “Mongo mo Ndemi”
  • French: “Mongo-ma-Loba”
  • French: “Mongo-ma-Lobo”
  • French: “Mongo-mo-Ndemi”
  • French: “mont Cameroun”
  • French: “Mont Cameroun”
  • French: “Mont Fako”
  • French: “Mount Cameroon”
  • French: “Mungo ma Loba”
  • French: “Mungo-ma-Loba”
  • French: “Victoriaberg”
  • Galician: “Monte Camerún”
  • Georgian: “კამერუნი”
  • German: “Albertspitze”
  • German: “Cameroon Mountain”
  • German: “Etindi”
  • German: “Kamerunberg”
  • German: “Kamerungebirge”
  • German: “Kleiner Kamerunberg”
  • German: “Mount Cameroon”
  • German: “Mt Cameroon”
  • German: “Mt Cameroun”
  • Greek: “Όρος Καμερούν”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Kamaru”
  • Hindi: “माउण्ट कैमरून”
  • Hindi: “माउण्टकैमरून”
  • Hungarian: “Kamerun-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Kamerun”
  • Italian: “Monte Camerun”
  • Japanese: “カメルーン山”
  • Kabiyè: “Kameruni pʋʋ”
  • Kazakh: “Kamerwn janartawı”
  • Kazakh: “Камерун жанартауы”
  • Kazakh: “كامەرۋن جانارتاۋى”
  • Kirghiz: “Камерун жанар тоо”
  • Kirghiz: “Камерун жанар тоосу”
  • Korean: “카메룬산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Cameroon”
  • Latvian: “Kamerūns”
  • Lithuanian: “Fako”
  • Lithuanian: “Kamerūno kalnas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kamerūno ugnikalnis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kamerunbierg”
  • Macedonian: “Камерун”
  • Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Kamerona”
  • Marathi: “माउंट कॅमेरॉन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kameruunberag”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kamerunfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kamerunfjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Kamerunfjellet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Cameron”
  • Persian: “کامرون”
  • Persian: “کمرون”
  • Polish: “Góra Kamerun”
  • Polish: “Kamerun”
  • Portuguese: “Fako”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Camarões”
  • Russian: “Вулкан Камерун”
  • Russian: “Камерун”
  • Russian: “Фако”
  • Slovak: “Kamerun”
  • Slovak: “Kamerunský vrch”
  • Slovenian: “Kamerun”
  • Spanish: “Mongo ma Ndemi”
  • Spanish: “Monte Camerun”
  • Spanish: “Monte Camerún”
  • Swahili: “Kamerun”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Fako”
  • Swedish: “Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Kamerunberget”
  • Swedish: “Mongo ma Loba”
  • Swedish: “Mongo ma Mdemi”
  • Swedish: “Mount Kamerun”
  • Thai: “เขาแคเมอรูน”
  • Ukrainian: “Камерун”
  • Urdu: “کمرون”
  • Uzbek: “Fako”
  • Venetian: “Monte Camerun”
  • Vietnamese: “Cameroun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Camerun”
  • Yoruba: “òkè Kamẹrúùnù”

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