Mount Hay (Ethiopia) Explained

Mount Hay, or Amba Hay, is a mountain in the northwestern Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Simien Mountains National Park, close to the nation's highest peak of Ras Dashen. Mount Hay has an elevation of 4173 metres above sea level.^[1]

History

Since the early years of the Zemene Mesafint period, an Amhara noble named Ras Gebre (1771-1815) governed Semien for more than four decades. Inchetkaub was the capital of Semien under him and his successors. On Amba Hay was their fortress stronghold and the main residence of the family.^{[2] [3]}

References

13.35°N 59°W

Notes and References

1. Elevation per Ethiopian Mapping Authority. 2010 National Statistics (Abstract): climate, Table A.1. Central Statistical Agency website (accessed 18 March 2011)
2. Book: Pearce, Nathaniel . 2014 . The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar . 1 . II . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 111 . 9781107450516 .
3. Book: Akyeampong . Emmanuel Kwaku . Gates . Henry Louis . 2012 . Dictionary of African biography vol 1-6 . Oxford . Oxford University Press . 180–181 . 9780195382075.