| Mount Cameroon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mount Cameroon from Buea | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,040 m (13,250 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 3,901 m (12,799 ft)[3] Ranked 31st |
| Isolation | 2,338 km (1,453 mi)  |
| Listing | Country high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 4°13′00″N 9°10′21″E / 4.21667°N 9.17250°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Mongo ma Ndemi (Duala) |
| Geography | |
  Mount Cameroon Cameroon | |
| Location | Southwest Region, Cameroon |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | February 2012 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Joseph Merrick, 1840s[4] |
| Easiest route | Scramble |
Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the South West region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness"). Mount Cameroon is ranked 22nd by topographic isolation.
It is the highest point in sub-Saharan western and central Africa,[5] the fourth-most prominent peak in Africa, and the 31st-most prominent in the world. The mountain is part of the area of volcanic activity known as the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of a disaster in 1986. The most recent eruption occurred on February 3, 2012.
- ^ A higher elevation of 4,095 m (13,435 ft) is often given, but this is not compatible with SRTM data, which shows no 3" cells higher than 4,027 m (13,212 ft) or 1" cells higher than 4,029 m (13,219 ft).
- ^ A hand-held GPS reading of 4,045 m (13,271 ft) was reported in 2015.[1] The elevation is subject to change due to volcanic activity.
- ^ "Mont Cameroun, Cameroon" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 174. The authors do not give a precise year, but Merrick was active in Cameroon from 1844 to 1849.
- ^ "Mount Cameroon", Encyclopedia Britannica