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Mount Tullu Dimtu

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Elevation
  
4,389 m

Mountain range
  
Prominence
  
2,527 m

Parent range
  
Bale Mountains

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Location
  
Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Similar
  
Mount Abuna Yosef, Ras Dashen, Mount Chilalo, Mount Fentale, Kundudo

Tullu Dimtu (Afan Oromo: Tulluu Diimtuu) is the fourth highest peak in Ethiopia after Ras Dashen (4550m), Ancua (4462m), and Kidis Yared (4453m). Its topographic prominence is relatively low due to its location in the Sanetti Plateau.

Map of Mount Tullu Dimtu, Ethiopia

Tullu Dimtu is part of range of mountains Bale in Oromia Region in southeast Ethiopia, located in the Bale 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.

References

Mount Tullu Dimtu Wikipedia