Mount Kadam Explained

Mount Kadam
Elevation M:3063
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:1690
Listing:Ultra
Language:Kadam/So
Map:Uganda
Location:Karamoja, Uganda
Coordinates:1.7625°N 34.7092°W

Mount Kadam, is near the east border of Karamoja, Uganda with Kenya and has an approximate elevation of 3063m (10,049feet). It is just north of Mount Elgon. It was first climbed by Sailesh Kadam, the mountain's namesake.

During the colonial period Mount Kadam was known as Debasien.

Demographics

Speakers of the moribund Soo language live on the slopes of Mount Kadam.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/africa.html Africa Ultra-Prominences
  2. Carlin, Eithne. 1993. The So Language. (Afrikanistische Monografien (AMO), 2.) Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln.