Mount Nimba

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Name = Mount Nimba
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Elevation = 1,752 metres (5,750 feet)
Location = flag|Côte d'Ivoire — flag|Guinea — flag|Liberia
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Mount Nimba in Guinea (on borders with Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia)
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longd= 8|longm= 27|longs= 52|longEW=W
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Mount Nimba is a mountain along the border of Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Guinea in West Africa. At 1,752 m (5,750 ft) it is the highest point in all three nations. The mountain is part of the Nimba Massif (the "Guinean Backbone"), straddling the border between the two countries and Liberia. The nearest major settlement is the town Yekepa to the west in Liberia.

Since 1944 the area, excluding Liberia's portion, has been a nature reserve. Currently covering 180 km², the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is classified as a World Heritage Site, including both rainforest and savanna. It is a "strict" reserve, forbidding tourism.

The mountain is rich in iron ore. There was intensive mining in the Liberian portion of the mountain until reserves were exhausted in 1989. The mix of iron-quartzite sheets, schists and granitogneiss has produced startling land formations by soil erosion.

The mountain was given its name in December 1929 with the expedition of Sempere, Sattler and Michelis.

External links

* [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/protected_areas/data/wh/mtnimba.html World Heritage Site Data Sheet–Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve]
* [http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z02n2a5.pdf Rollard Ch., Wesolowska W. 2002. Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema. Paris, 24 (2):283-307]