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Ethiopian Highlands

Range Type	Highland or plateau
Highest Point	Ras Dashen (4543 m/14,905 ft)
Countries	Ethiopia (89%), Somalia (50%), Sudan (21%), South Sudan (17%), Kenya (12%), Eritrea (10%), Djibouti (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,549,215 sq km / 984,253 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	2,272 km / 1,412 mi North-South 2,327 km / 1,446 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	8° 32' N; 40° 49' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Ethiopian Highlands
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Ethiopian Highlands.

Africa	Level 1 (Parent)
Atlas Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Sahara Desert Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
West Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Ethiopian Highlands	Level 2
Northern Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3 (Child)
Central Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3 (Child)
Southern Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3 (Child)
Denakil	Level 3 (Child)
Ahmar-Somali	Level 3 (Child)
East Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Southern Africa	Level 2 (Sibling)
Mid-Atlantic Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)
Indian Ocean Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Ethiopian Highlands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Ras Dashen	4543	14,905	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
2.	Weynobar	4465	14,649	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
3.	Kidis Yared	4435	14,551	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
4.	Bwahit	4430	14,534	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
5.	Silki	4420	14,501	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
6.	Silki East	4412	14,475	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
7.	Batu	4400	14,436	Southern Ethiopian Highlands
8.	Abune Yosef	4280	14,042	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
9.	Beroch Wuha	4272	14,016	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
10.	Amba Farit	4270	14,009	Central Ethiopian Highlands
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Ras Dashen	4543	14,905	Northern Ethiopian Highlands
2.	Batu	4400	14,436	Southern Ethiopian Highlands
3.	Amba Farit	4270	14,009	Central Ethiopian Highlands
4.	Gugu	3626	11,896	Ahmar-Somali
5.	Ramlu	2248	7375	Denakil

Photos of Peaks in the Ethiopian Highlands

Ras Dashen The eastern summit of Ras Dashen, as seen from the western summit (2009-05-01). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Bwahit A group of climbers and their guide and armed escort atop Bwahit, a high summit in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia (2006-10-27). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Inatye Flat top, steep down to Rift valley (2009-04-29). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Imet Gogo Summit view over rift valley (2009-04-29). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.

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