Mount Nimba (French: Mont Nimba) is a mountain along the border of Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia in West Africa. The summit is on the border of Guinea and Ivory Coast and at 1,752 m (5,748 ft) is the highest peak for both countries and of the Nimba Range. The mountain is part of the Guinea Highlands, which straddles the borders between the three countries. The nearest major settlements are the town Yekepa in Liberia and the towns of Bossou and N'Zoo in Guinea.[1]
| Mount Nimba | |
|---|---|
| Nyamba (Niemba) Tun - Mt. Richard-Molard | |
 Grass at the summit of Mount Nimba | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,752 m (5,748 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,343 m (4,406 ft) |
| Listing | Country high point |
| Coordinates | 7°37′21″N 8°24′20″W / 7.62250°N 8.40556°W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Nimba Location of Mount Nimba in Côte d'Ivoire (on the Guinean border)  Mount Nimba Mount Nimba (Liberia)  Mount Nimba Mount Nimba (Guinea) | |
| Location | Liberia - Ivory Coast – Guinea |
| Parent range | Nimba Range |
Toponymy
editThe mountain is named after the French geographer Jacques Richard-Molard, who died in an accident at the mountain site in 1951.[2] Before that it was called Mount Nouon.[3]
Geology
editThe mountain is rich in iron ore and cobalt. The mix of iron rich quartzite sheets, schists and granite gneiss have characterised the geological pedogenesis.[citation needed]
Conservation
editMount Richard-Molard lies within the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, which currently covers 17,540 hectares and straddles the borders of Guinea and Ivory Coast.[citation needed][4]
World Heritage status
editMount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is a site with outstanding universal value and was therefore nominated to the World Heritage List in 1981.[5] It has been listed as World Heritage in Danger since 1992.
This site was added to Guinea's "Tentative List" for consideration for UNESCO World Heritage Site status on 29 March 2001, in the cultural category.[6]
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve has been listed as a World Heritage Site in both Guinea and Ivory Coast, under the criteria for natural heritage.[7]
See also
edit- Iron ore in Africa
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
References
edit- ^ Colombant, Nico (30 January 2008)."Villagers Resist Environmentalists Around Guinea's Mount Nimba". Voice of America.
- ^ Westermann, Diedrich; Smith, Edwin William; Forde, Cyril Daryll (1951). Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 335. OCLC 50238863
- ^ Pugh, John Charles; Morgan, W. B. (1969). West Africa. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-416-26900-1.
- ^ www.world-heritage-solutions.com https://www.world-heritage-solutions.com/case-studies/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-guinea-and-côte-d-ivoire/. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ Paysage culturel des monts Nimba, UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (in French)
- ^ "Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
External links
edit- Official website of the Guinean Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
- World Heritage Site Data Sheet–Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
- Rollard Ch., Wesolowska W. 2002. Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema. Paris, 24 (2):283-307
- TLC Africa[usurped]