Ras Daschan
| Ras Daschan | ||
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| height | 4533 m | |
| location | Ethiopia , East Africa | |
| Mountains |
Simien Mountains ( Highlands of Abyssinia ) |
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| Dominance | 1484 km → Pigott ( Mount Kenya Massif ) | |
| Notch height | 3980 m | |
| Coordinates | 13 ° 14 '13 " N , 38 ° 22' 22" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| First ascent | local shepherds | |
| particularities | highest mountain in Ethiopia | |
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The Ras Daschän ( Amharic ራስ ዳሸን Ras Dašän , English Ras Dashan, Ras Dejen ) is the highest mountain in Ethiopia at 4533 m .
geography
Location and landscape
In the highlands of Abyssinia , Ras Daschän is located around 160 km northeast of Lake Tana in the central east of the Simien National Park . The neighboring mountain in the west, beyond the 1700 m deep cut valley of the Mesheha Wenz, is the Bwahit ( 4430 m ) and north of the Kidis Yared ( 4453 m ). The mountain consists of basalt rocks. Its seven rocky elevations, which represent the structure of the summit region, are surrounded in the east and south by plateaus on which sheep graze up to about 4,300 m above sea level, and drop off steeply to the west and north. To the east, the Ras Daschän massif slopes down to Tekeze , which is around 36 km away, and to the Tekeze reservoir , which is around 1000 m above sea level .
On the summit region, there can be remains of snow in shady places, especially after heavy rainfall (usually between July and September); Every now and then the entire high altitudes near the summit are covered with snow.
Mountain height
The mountain height information of 4533 m is based on a determination with the help of surveying methods in the 1970s. A recent measurement carried out by French and Italian geographers is said to have shown an altitude of 4550 m . However, this has not yet been officially confirmed. On the hiking map authorized by the Ethiopian administration of the Simien National Park, which is also available for sale in the park administration in Debark , an altitude of 4533 m is indicated as before , which must therefore be considered the only seriously verifiable altitude at the moment. Earlier measurements that showed an altitude of 4620 m are out of date and can no longer be found on any current map.
First ascent
The first ascent by Europeans took place by the French Ferret and Galinier in 1841. However, because the summit is easy to get to, it was most likely visited by local shepherds before that.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Project of the "Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Program" (ESAPP), implemented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [SDC = Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) ] and carried out by the Center for Development and Environment ( CDE) at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Wildlife Authority, the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) and the Amhara Regional Tourism Comission. As of 2010. The topographical source materials given are: Maps ND37-10 (1: 250,000) of the Addis Ababa Ministry for Land Reform and Administration; "Hoch-Semyen" (1: 50,000) by J. Werdecker (1968); "Debark" and "Simen Monitains National Park" (1: 25,000) from the Pro Semien Foundation / Zurich; Institute for Geography / Bern, World Wildlife Fund / Morges and Ethiopian Forestry and Wildlife Authority / Addis Abeba (1978). Additionally: aerial photos from 1963/64 of the Cartographic Geographical Institute Addis Abeba, as well as Landsat TM images from 1986 (Kaspar Hurni 2003). Various editions from 1981 to 2003.
- ↑ Africa Ultra-Prominences , footnote on peaklist.org
- ^ Ras Dashen , entry in peakware.com
Web links
- Ras Daschän on Peakbagger.com (English)