Mount Satima
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Mount Satima, also known as Mount Lesatima and often abbreviated to Satima or Lesatima, is the third-highest mountain in Kenya
and the highest in the Aberdare Range
. The Maasai
name is Oldoinyo Lesatima, which has a variety of alternative spellings, such as Ol Donyo Le Satima, and means "mountain of the bull calf".
The peak lies at the northern end of the Aberdares, which themselves are along the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley
, and is their highest point. Around it stand a number of sharp volcanic cones called "the Dragon's Teeth". There are moraine
s between 3,600 and 3,800 metres on the north west of the mountain. One book on Kenya has called the mountain itself "a craggy bluff of rock and tussock grass
around which the clouds swirl".
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and the highest in the Aberdare Range
Aberdare Range
The Aberdare Range is a 160 km long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It is located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and just south of the Equator...
. The Maasai
Maasai language
The Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000...
name is Oldoinyo Lesatima, which has a variety of alternative spellings, such as Ol Donyo Le Satima, and means "mountain of the bull calf".
The peak lies at the northern end of the Aberdares, which themselves are along the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...
, and is their highest point. Around it stand a number of sharp volcanic cones called "the Dragon's Teeth". There are moraine
Moraine
A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past glacial maximum. This debris may have been plucked off a valley floor as a glacier advanced or it may have...
s between 3,600 and 3,800 metres on the north west of the mountain. One book on Kenya has called the mountain itself "a craggy bluff of rock and tussock grass
Tussock (grass)
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are found as native plants in natural ecosystems, as forage in pastures, and as ornamental grasses in gardens....
around which the clouds swirl".
External links
- Weather for Oldoinyo Lesatima at weather.excite.co.uk