Oku, Mount (Cameroon)

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Name (Latin)
Oku, Mount (Cameroon)
Other forms of name
Kilum, Mount (Cameroon)
Mount Kilum (Cameroon)
Mount Oku (Cameroon)
Coordinates
10.51888889 10.51888889 6.199722222 6.199722222 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains Cameroon
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3322001
Library of congress: sh2001009679
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon, 2000:p. 6 (Mt. Oku and the Ijim Ridge lie at the centre and form the highest part of the Bamenda Highlands in western Cameroon) p. 12 (Mt Oku or Mt Kilum)
  • GEOnet, Sept. 13, 2001(Oku, Mount; MT; 06⁰11ʹN, 010⁰31ʹE)
  • UNEP-WCMC WWW site, Jan. 30, 2002:species sheets, Bannerman's Turaco (Mount Oku (Kilum))
  • Earthwatch Europe WWW site, Jan. 30, 2002:Community forest management at the Kilum-Ijim Forest Project [document] (Mount Kilum (or Mount Oku))

Wikipedia description:

Mount Oku, or Kilum Mountain, is the largest volcano in the Oku Massif, in the Cameroon Volcanic Line, located in the Oku region of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. It is the second highest mountain in mainland Central Africa. The stratovolcano rises to 3,011 metres (9,879 ft) above sea level, and is cut by a large caldera.

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