Bangui magnetic anomaly

Magnetic intensity from satellite data. The Bangui anomaly is the high-intensity (red) anomaly in central Africa while the Kursk anomaly is the European one to the north.

The Bangui magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field centered at Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. The magnetic anomaly is roughly elliptical, about 700 km × 1,000 km (430 mi × 620 mi), and covers most of the country, making it one of the "largest and most intense crustal magnetic anomalies on the African continent".[1] The anomaly was discovered in the late 1950s, explored in the 1970s, and named in 1982. Its origin remains unclear.

  1. ^ Antoine, L. A. G.; Reimold, W. U.; Tessema, A. (1999). "The Bangui Magnetic Anomaly Revisited" (PDF). Proceedings 62nd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. 34. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. Bibcode:1999M&PSA..34Q...9A. Retrieved 11 April 2013.