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Mount Choqa

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Elevation
  
4,100 m

Listing
  
Ultra-prominent peak

Prominence
  
2,225 m

Parent range
  
Choqa Mountains

Mount Choqa

Location
  
Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Similar
  
Mount Abuna Yosef, Mount Bwahit, Mount Dendi, Amba Geshen, Borawli

Mount Choqa (also known as ጮቄ ተራራ (in Ge'ez) Ch'ok'e Terara and Mount Birhan) at 4,100 metres (13,451 ft), is one of the highest mountains of Gojjam, a region of Ethiopia located south of Lake Tana. The mountain and its surrounding area lacks forests, and its slopes are cultivated up to an elevation of 3,000 meters above sea level.

Map of Ch'ok'e Terara, Ethiopia

References

Mount Choqa Wikipedia