Mount Tullu Dimtu Explained

Tullu Dimtu
Other Name:Tulu Dīmtu
Elevation M:4377
Prominence M:2527
Map:Ethiopia
Relief:1
Label Position:right
Location:Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Range:Bale Mountains
Coordinates:6.8265°N 39.8194°W

Tullu Dimtu (Oromo: Tulluu Diimtuu) is the fourth highest peak in Ethiopia after Ras Dashen (4550m), Ancua (4462m), and Kidus Yared (4453m).

Tullu Dimtu is on the Sanetti Plateau in the Bale Mountains of Oromia Region in southeast Ethiopia, within Bale Mountains National Park. It forms part of the divide between the drainage basins of the Weyib and Shebelle Rivers.

A rough gravel road, the third highest in Africa, leads to the top of Tullu Dimtu.[1]

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  1. Web site: Highest mountain passes of Africa . 2015-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802185003/http://www.dangerousroads.org/rankings23/5268-highest-mountain-passes-of-africa.html . 2016-08-02 . dead .