7 of the Most Dangerous Lakes in the World - Page 6 of 9

Lake Monoun, Cameroon

Lake Monoun in Cameroon is the last of the three deadly lakes in the world known to be saturated with carbon dioxide –the others being Lake Nyos and Lake Kivu. This lake exploded in 1984 resulting in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide which caused the death of 37 people. Like the other exploding lakes, under the right conditions for a limnic eruption, Lake Monoun could cause a lethal fog-like cloud of carbon dioxide –killing everything and everyone in its path!