Cameroon Volcanic Line

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hotspot track intra-plate volcanic province tectono-magmatic lineament

The Cameroon Volcanic Line is a major chain of volcanoes and volcanic formations stretching from the Gulf of Guinea islands into mainland Central Africa, known for its active and geologically complex features.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cameroon Volcanic Line region	1
Cameroon volcanic line	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hotspot track ⓘ intra-plate volcanic province ⓘ tectono-magmatic lineament ⓘ
associatedWith	Lake Monoun NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Nyos NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateImpact	orographic rainfall along Mount Cameroon region ⓘ
contains	both oceanic and continental volcanoes ⓘ calderas ⓘ lava plateaus ⓘ maar craters ⓘ monogenetic volcanic fields ⓘ shield volcanoes ⓘ stratovolcanoes ⓘ
country	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy	European geologists in late 19th and early 20th century ⓘ
dominantRockType	basalt ⓘ
economicImpact	fertile volcanic soils ⓘ geothermal potential ⓘ
extendsFrom	Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo	interior of Central Africa ⓘ
featureOf	African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
hasPart	Annobón Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Bioko Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Biu Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Fako volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ Jos Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Bamboutos NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Kupe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Manengouba NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Oku NERFINISHED ⓘ Oku Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ Príncipe Island NERFINISHED ⓘ São Tomé Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeismicity	low to moderate ⓘ
hazardType	limnic eruption risk ⓘ
highestElevation	about 4095 m ⓘ
highestPeak	Mount Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	about 1600 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Guinea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
magmaticSource	upwelling asthenospheric mantle ⓘ
namedAfter	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEruptionSite	Mount Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation	southwest–northeast ⓘ
partOf	West African Rift-related structures ⓘ
researchInterest	intra-plate magmatism ⓘ lithospheric structure of Central Africa ⓘ mantle plume dynamics ⓘ
rockType	basanite ⓘ phonolite ⓘ trachyte ⓘ
tectonicSetting	intra-plate within African Plate ⓘ
volcanicActivity	historically active ⓘ
volcanismType	alkaline volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Cameroon → locatedOn → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ

Grassfields languages → hasGeographicDistribution → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cameroon Volcanic Line region

Pagalu → hasVolcanicChain → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cameroon volcanic line

Cameroon Highlands → partOf → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ

Fernando Póo → partOfGeologicalRegion → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ

Pico Basilé → mountainRange → Cameroon Volcanic Line ⓘ