Pico Basilé

Infobox Mountain
Name = Pico Basilé (Santa Isabel)
Elevation = 3,011 m (9,878 ft)
Location = Bioko, flag|Equatorial Guinea
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Prominence = 3,011 m (9,878 ft)
Type = Shield volcano
Last eruption = 1923
Listing = Ultra

Pico Basilé (formerly Pico de Santa Isabel) is the highest mountain on the island of Bioko, which is part of Equatorial Guinea. With an altitude of 9,878 ft (3,011 m), it is the summit of the largest and highest of three overlapping basaltic shield volcanoes which form the island. From the summit, Mt. Cameroon can be seen to the northwest. Pico Basilé lies close to the city of Malabo.

Bioko was formed along the Cameroon line, a major northeast-trending geologic fault that runs from the Atlantic Ocean into Cameroon. This line includes other volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea such as Annobón, Príncipe and São Tomé, along with the massive stratovolcano of Mount Cameroon.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Equatorial Guinea
*Cameroon line

References

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* [http://www.bioko.org/ecotourism/pico.asp Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program]