Nepen Diakha Mountains
| Nepen Diakha Mountains | ||
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| height | 645 m | |
| location | Kédougou , Senegal | |
| Mountains | Fouta Djallon | |
| Coordinates | 12 ° 22 '25 " N , 12 ° 32' 37" W | |
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| particularities | highest point in Senegal | |
The Nepen-Diakha mountains formed on the boundary between Senegal and Guinea an about 11 kilometers west to the east-directed mountain range , that of the rainy and up with a steep escarpment to the north a north pillar 1537 m upstanding fouta Djallon -Berglands represent the flows Senegal , Gambia and Niger arise.
In the Nepen-Diakha-Bergen, with 645 m of the highest point of the West African country of Senegal.
Since the mountain range itself is not named in official maps, a name can only be derived from the village closest to the summit, which is called Nepen Diakha and is located 2700 meters northwest at about 125 m altitude in the headwaters of a valley that goes north to the 35 Kilometers away by flowing Gambia drained.
A “Senegal high point 648” is recorded in various online maps , the coordinates of which, however, are recognizable about 20 meters beyond the border.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Height according to GeoLocator