Mount Satima, also known as Mount Lesatima and often abbreviated to Satima or Lesatima, is the third-highest mountain in Kenya and the highest in the Aberdare Range. The Maasai name is Oldoinyo Lesatima, which has a variety of alternative spellings, such as Ol Donyo Le Satima, and means "mountain of the bull calf".[3]
| Mount Satima | |
|---|---|
  Mount Satima Location in Kenya | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,001 m (13,127 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 2,081 m (6,827 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 0°20′59″S 36°37′00″E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kenya |
| Parent range | Aberdare Range |
The peak lies at the northern end of the Aberdares, which themselves are along the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley, and is their highest point. Around it stand a number of sharp volcanic cones called "the Dragon's Teeth".[4] There are moraines between 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) and 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) on the north west of the mountain.[5] One book on Kenya has called the mountain itself "a craggy bluff of rock and tussock grass around which the clouds swirl".[6]
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