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Northern Ethiopian Highlands

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Ras Dashen (4543 m/14,905 ft)
Countries	Ethiopia (43%), Sudan (38%), Eritrea (19%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	497,536 sq km / 192,099 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,082 km / 672 mi North-South 859 km / 534 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	14° 16' N; 36° 28' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern Ethiopian Highlands
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Ethiopian Highlands	Level 2 (Parent)
Northern Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3
Central Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Southern Ethiopian Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Denakil	Level 3 (Sibling)
Ahmar-Somali	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Ras Dashen	4543	14,905
2.	Weynobar	4465	14,649
3.	Kidis Yared	4435	14,551
4.	Bwahit	4430	14,534
5.	Silki	4420	14,501
6.	Silki East	4412	14,475
7.	Mclellan's Molar	4388	14,396
8.	Abune Yosef	4280	14,042
9.	Beroch Wuha	4272	14,016
10.	Guna Terara	4120	13,517
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Northern 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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