Lake Nyos was rigged for disaster
Studies suggest that magmatic gas seepage had turned Lake Nyos in Cameroon into a time bomb; evidence mounts against a volcanic trigger for last August's disaster.
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region↗
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Research about Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km 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.
Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km 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..