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    Mount Cameroon

    Stratovolcano · 4,095 m · Cameroon

    Mount Cameroon
    Photo: Eric Joel MAMA NKE · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Mount Cameroon sits on the African Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 19 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 2000.

    Elevation
    4,095 m
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
    Plate
    African Plate
    Country
    Cameroon
    Last Eruption
    2000
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    19
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    3

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    450 BCE · VEI 31650 · VEI 31807 · VEI 31825 · VEI 21838 · VEI 21852 · VEI 21865 · VEI 21866 · VEI 21868 · VEI 21871 · VEI 21909 · VEI 21922 · VEI 219251954 · VEI 21959 · VEI 21982 · VEI 21989 · VEI 11999 · VEI 22000 · VEI 2 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 450 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata