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Mount Richard-Molard

Mount Nimba (French: Mont Nimba) is a mountain along the border of Ivory Coast and Guinea in West Africa. The highest peak for both countries and the Nimba Range is at 1,752 m (5,748 ft). The mountain is part of the Guinea Highlands, which straddles the borders between the two countries and Liberia. The nearest major settlements are the town Yekepa in Liberia and the towns of Bossou and N'Zoo in Guinea.[1]

Mount Nimba
Mount Nimba
Grass at the summit of Mount Nimba
Highest point
Elevation1,752 m (5,748 ft)
Prominence1,343 m (4,406 ft)
ListingCountry high point
Coordinates7°37′21″N 8°24′20″W / 7.62250°N 8.40556°W / 7.62250; -8.40556
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)
LocationIvory CoastGuinea
Parent rangeNimba Range

Toponymy edit

The 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 edit

The 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 edit

Mount 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 edit

Mount 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

References edit

  1. ^ Colombant, Nico (30 January 2008)."Villagers Resist Environmentalists Around Guinea's Mount Nimba". Voice of America.
  2. ^ Westermann, Diedrich; Smith, Edwin William; Forde, Cyril Daryll (1951). Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 335. OCLC 50238863
  3. ^ Pugh, John Charles; Morgan, W. B. (1969). West Africa. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-416-26900-1.
  4. ^ www.world-heritage-solutions.com https://www.world-heritage-solutions.com/case-studies/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-guinea-and-c%C3%B4te-d-ivoire/. Retrieved 2020-05-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  6. ^ Paysage culturel des monts Nimba, UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (in French)
  7. ^ "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
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