Jabal Arkanu

Mount Arkanu
جبل أركنو
Jabal Arkanu
Mount Arkanu seen from space
Highest point
Elevation 1,435 m (4,708 ft)
Coordinates 22°12′30″N 24°44′15″E / 22.20833°N 24.73750°E / 22.20833; 24.73750Coordinates: 22°12′30″N 24°44′15″E / 22.20833°N 24.73750°E / 22.20833; 24.73750 
Dimensions
Length 28 km (17 mi) ENE/WSW
Width 18 km (11 mi) NNW/SSE
Geography
Location in Libya
Country Libya

Mount Arkanu or Jabal Arkanu (also Jebel Arkenu or Gebel Árchenu) is a mountain in Libya.

Geography

The mountain is located in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 300 km southeast of El Tag.[1] and about 70 km west of Arkanu and the two Arkenu structures. Its height is 1,435 metres (4,708 ft), rising about 500 m above the surrounding Gilf Kebir plateau) and a valley-oasis. Mount Arkanu is 28 kilometres (17 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide.[2]

Arkanu's existence had been known since 1892 through Arab sources, but the mountain was explored for the first time in 1923 by Ahmed Hassanein.[1] The mountain consists of intrusive granite. The valley is 15 km long and oriented east-west.[1] The vegetation consists of bushes, grass and some trees.[1]

Arkanu is used as a pasture. Each year the Bedouins bring their herds to the valley, block the entrance (located at a height of 598 metres (1,962 ft)) with rocks, and return three months later to retrieve their cattle.[1]

Sources

  • Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bertarelli (1929), p. 515
  2. ↑ Google Earth
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