Sugar Loaf (Sierra Leone)

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Sugar Loaf (Mountain)
A landslide on Sugar Loaf destroyed parts of Regent in 2017

A landslide on Sugar Loaf destroyed parts of Regent in 2017

height 735  m
location Sierra Leone
Mountains Lion mountains
Coordinates 8 ° 25 '19 "  N , 13 ° 13' 50"  W Coordinates: 8 ° 25 '19 "  N , 13 ° 13' 50"  W.
Sugar Loaf (Sierra Leone) (Sierra Leone)
Sugar Loaf (Sierra Leone)

The Sugar Loaf , also Sugar Laf Mountain , is one of the highest mountains in the Lion Mountains in Sierra Leone, West Africa . It reaches a height of 735  m and is located in the Western Area Peninsular National Park in the Western Area not far from the town of Regent .

On April 27th, Independence Day in Sierra Leone, the Sugar Loaf is a popular excursion and entertainment destination.

Parts of the mountain fell off in a landslide in the vicinity of the storm in Sierra Leone in 2017 and buried hundreds of people under them.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sugar Loaf. Peakery. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Sugar Loaf Mountain. VSLTravel.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 9, 2017.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.visitsierraleone.org  
  3. Sierra Leone mudslides: Urgent plea for help as death toll rises. In: BBC, August 15, 2017.