[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Lake Nyos [{Image src='110cm.jpg' width='800' height='601' alt='Lake Nyos' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Lake Nyos'}] \\ Lake Nyos [{GoogleMap location='Lake Nyos, Menchum, Nord-Ouest, Kamerun' zoom='12'}] is a crater lake on the flank of an inactive volcano. Magma beneath the lake leaks carbon dioxide into the waters. In 1986, the lake emitted a large cloud of carbon dioxide that suffocated nearly 1,800 people and some 3,500 livestock in nearby villages.