Oku Volcanic Field, Cameroon

Maar · 3,011 m (9,879 ft) · Africa-W

Oku Volcanic Field is a maar in Cameroon, 3,011 m (9,879 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1500 to 1699. NOAA records 2 significant eruptions here, which killed 1,737 people where the toll is counted.

Oku Volcanic Field on the map

Oku Volcanic Field and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Maar
Elevation: 3,011 m (9,879 ft)
Country: Cameroon
Region: Africa-W
Summit: 6.250° N, 10.500° E
Last known eruption: 1500 to 1699
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 224030

Significant eruptions

2 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.