yes Lake Monoun is also a crater lake that is so still CO2 builds up at the bottom until it explodes, displacing all the air on the ground, suffocating everything in range... how pleasant
Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun, Lake Oku, Lake Kuk, Lake Dissoni, Lake Barombi, Lake Njupi, Lake Soden, Lake Wum
The area of Lake Nyos is 1,580,000.0 square meters.
Lake Nyos is one of three world killer lakes. Due to build up of CO2 at the lake bed, whenever pressure is disturbed due to volcanic or seismic activities this CO2 can be released to the surface killing thousand of humans and every breathing thing on its path.
Lake Nyos -The lake responsible for the most Deaths, excluding drowning, is Lake Nyos in Cameroon, west Africa, where toxic gases have claimed nearly 2,000 lives in recent decades. On just one night in August 1986, between 1,600 and 1,800 people and countless animals were killed by large natural release of carbon dioxide gas.
Lake Norman Lake Nasser Lake Nyos Lake Nona
1,700
About 3 miles.
Cameroon Africa
well they occured at lake nyos and lake monoun years ago so they do not usually happen alot only sometimes in faraway places
I dont know what a Nyos is but im pretty sure its based on the Loch Ness Monster hence the play on words, Lake Nose Monster
Lake Nyos is a crater lake located in the Northwest region of Cameroon. It is a deep lake high on the flank of the inactive volcano in the oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity.
August 21, 1986