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Country: | Cameroon | |
| Subregion Name: | Western Africa | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0204-04- | ||
| Volcano Type: | Volcanic field | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene? | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | Unknown | ||
| Latitude: | 7.25°N * | 7°15'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 13.67°E | 13°40'0"E | |
| The Ngaoundere volcanic field is located within a larger late-Miocene region of plateau basalts, plug domes and a single large basanitic-to-trachytic stratovolcano, Nganha. Quaternary volcanism is situated east of Ngaoundere and Wakwa, and consists of scoria cones and lava flows, maars, and tuff cones. A single Potassium-Argon date of 0.9 million years ago has been obtained from a lava flow east of Wakwa, although some volcanoes are possibly of Holocene age (Vincent 1992, pers. comm.). The most recent eruptive activity originated from a chain of cinder cones aligned in a WNW-ESE direction. | |||