Mount Manengouba

{{Short description|Volcano in Cameroon}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Manengouba

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| photo = Mont-Manengouba 01.jpg

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| elevation_m = 2396

| elevation_ref = {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – West Africa Mountains

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| prominence_m = 1433

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| range = Cameroon line

| listing = Ribu

| location = Cameroon

| map = Cameroon

| range_coordinates =

| map_caption = Location in Cameroon

| map_size = 250

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{Coord|5|01|48|N|9|49|48|E|type:mountain_source:frwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo =

| type = Shield volcano, stratovolcano

| age = Pleistocene

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Mount Muanenguba (also spelled Manenguba or Mwanenguba) is a volcano in the Southwest Province of Cameroon.{{cite gvp|name=Manengouba|vn=224020|accessdate=2024-09-10}} The Manenguba shrew and endemic vegetal species are native to the mountain. The area is featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba with botanist Martin Cheek.{{cite web|url=http://oasishd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:art-themistsofmwanenguba&catid=23:catt&Itemid=3|title=Oasis TV|accessdate=August 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127021332/http://oasishd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:art-themistsofmwanenguba&catid=23:catt&Itemid=3|archivedate=November 27, 2010}}

Geology

The volcano is a Pleistocene shield volcano. It is topped by the Eboga stratovolcano.{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=224020|title=Global Volcanism Program | Manengouba|website=Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program|access-date=2024-09-11}}

Gallery

File:Mont-Manengouba 03.jpg

File:Mont-Manengouba 15.jpg

File:Mont-Manengouba 10.jpg

File:Mont-Manengouba 13.jpg

File:Mont-Manengouba 11.jpg

File:Mont Manengouba - Nkongsamba.jpg|Mount Manengouba from Nkongsamba

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