Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon, also known as Mongo ma Ndemi or Fako, ranks first among the highest mountains in Cameroon, rising to a height of 13,255 feet. The mountain is also the highest point in Western and Central Africa's sub-Saharan region, as well as the world's 28th tallest mountain, with the continent's fourth most prominent summit and the world's 31st most prominent peak.

Mount Cameroon is part of the Cameroon Volcanic Line and is located near the Gulf of Guinea in the county's Southwest Province. Although the mountain is surrounded by tropical jungle, it has a naked summit with the exception of occasional snow. Although Mount Cameroon has no trees immediately on it, it is the sole area where two flowering plant species, Impatiens etindensis and IImpatiens grandisepala, can be found.

The mountain was first climbed by a Jamaican Baptist missionary named Joseph Merrick in the 1840s, and it is now the site of the annual Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, a competitive running race. Mount Cameroon is a live stratovolcano that erupted last year.

Location: near the Gulf of Guinea

Elevation: 4,040 m