Where is the deadliest lake located?

Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It's a deep lake high on the crater rim of an extinct volcano in Cameroon's Oku volcanic plain. Although it may appear to many as an ordinary lake, it is considered the world's deadliest.



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Lake Nyos. Considered the world's deadliest lake, Lake Nyos is a deep lake on the crater rim of an extinct volcano. Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It's a deep lake high on the crater rim of an extinct volcano in Cameroon's Oku volcanic plain.

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