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Lake Nyos ( / ˈniːoʊs / NEE-ohs) [1] is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. [2] 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. A volcanic dam impounds the lake waters.
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Map of Lake Nyos Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé. 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.
Jul 29, 2013 · Pressurized to the physical limit, Lake Nyos was a time bomb. On August 21, 1986, something in the lake went off. It is unknown what the trigger was–landslide, small volcanic eruption, or even ...
1,746. On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock. [1] The eruption triggered the sudden release of about 100,000–300,000 tons (1.6 million tons, according to some sources [who?]) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).
Jun 9, 2022 · Photographed in 1986, a herd of dead cattle near Wum, Cameroon, were killed by toxic gas released from Lake Nyos, several miles away. THIERRY ORBAN/Sygma via Getty Images. For some time, the cause ...
Lake Nyos disaster, massive release of carbon dioxide from Lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 21, 1986. The disaster killed between 1,700 and 1,800 people.. On August 21, 1986, a cloud of magmatic carbon dioxide gas arose from the bed of Lake Nyos, a freshwater lake located in a volcanic caldera in the populous Northwest Region of the East African nation of Cameroon.
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Jul 19, 2015 · The suffocating gas killed nearly 1,800 people, 3,500 livestock, and countless birds and insects. Located in northwestern Cameroon, Lake Nyos sits in a crater on the edge of an inactive volcano in the Oku Volcanic Field. A pocket of magma lies 80 kilometers (50 miles) below the surface. Carbon dioxide from that magma slowly percolates through ...
