Mount Hoyo Explained

Mount Hoyo
Location:eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Label Position:right
Elevation M:1,450
Coordinates:1.24582, 29.81984

Mount Hoyo (French: Montagne Hoyo) is a mountain in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The mountain is a limestone massif with 40 caves.[2] Its altitude is 1450m (4,760feet). It is part of the Ituri rainforest and located about 70km (40miles) west of Lake Albert,[3] away from north of Beni and away from south of Komanda.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Ollier, C.D. and Harrop, J.F. . 1963 . The caves of Mount Hoyo, Eastern Congo Republics . Bulletin of the National Speleological Society . 25 . 2. 73−78 .
  2. Van Noten, F. . 1977 . Excavations at Matupi cave . Antiquity . 51 . 201 . 35−40 . 10.1017/S0003598X00100572. 161102882 .
  3. Book: Willoughby, P.R. . 2009 . Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions. Methods, Theories, and Interpretations . New York . Springer . 301−314 . From the Middle to the Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa . Camps, M. . Chauhan, P..
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=EOlHcQjrdHsC&q=Mount+Hoyo&dq=Mount+Hoyo Africa's Top Wildlife Countries: Mount Hoyo