Kediet ej Jill
Encyclopedia
Kediet ej Jill is a mountain
in Tiris Zemmour
, Mauritania
, with the city of Zouérat
on its east and Fderick
at west. At 915 m (3,002 ft) tall, Kediet ej Jill is the highest peak in Mauritania.
The entire mountain is made of magnetite
which gives its blue colour.
Due to the magnetic field, the compass is lost. That field has allowed to discover other deposits in the region (magnetite guelbs) in the 1960s.
Mountain
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in Tiris Zemmour
Tiris Zemmour
Tiris Zemmour is the northern-most region of Mauritania. Its capital is Zouérate. Other major cities/towns include F'dérik and Bir Moghrein. The region borders Algeria to the north-east, Mali to east, the Mauritanian region of Adrar to the south and Western Sahara to west and north-west.Tiris...
, Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
, with the city of Zouérat
Zouérat
Zouérat is the largest town in northern Mauritania and is the capital of Tiris Zemmour with an approximate population of 38,000 . It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway to Nouadhibou.- Overview :...
on its east and Fderick
Fderîck
Fderîck or F'dérick is a city in the north of Mauritania. Situated in a remote area of the Sahara desert, on the Kediet Ijill west side, Fderîck was constructed in the end of the 1950s around the former French Fort Gouraud to exploit the area's iron deposits. The mine name is F'derick too and is...
at west. At 915 m (3,002 ft) tall, Kediet ej Jill is the highest peak in Mauritania.
The entire mountain is made of magnetite
Magnetite
Magnetite is a ferrimagnetic mineral with chemical formula Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides and a member of the spinel group. The chemical IUPAC name is iron oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide. The formula for magnetite may also be written as FeO·Fe2O3, which is one part...
which gives its blue colour.
Due to the magnetic field, the compass is lost. That field has allowed to discover other deposits in the region (magnetite guelbs) in the 1960s.