Lion mountains
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 Lion mountains |
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| Highest peak | Picket Hill ( 888 m ) | |
| location | Western , Sierra Leone | |
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 17 ′ N , 13 ° 7 ′ W | |
The Lion Mountain ( English Lion Mountains , originally Portuguese Serra Lyoa or Sierra Lyoa ; also Löwinnenberge (English Lioness Mountains , Portuguese Serra da Leoa or Serra Leoa )) are in the west of the West African state of Sierra Leone on the Freetown Peninsula situated mountain range . They are part of the Western Area Peninsular Forest Reserve .
The Lion Mountains are namesake of the state of Sierra Leone .
Highest point is 888 m of Picket Hill . Is well-known Sugar Loaf at Regent .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sierra Leone - Background. VisitSierraLeone.org. Retrieved March 6, 2015
- ↑ Kingfisher (Ed.): The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia. October 2003, p. 180, ISBN 9780753455913 .
- ↑ ANNUAL STATISTICAL DIGEST 2005/2006. Statistics Sierra Leone, 2008, p. 2 ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 6, 2015
