Mount Tullu Dimtu

For other uses, see Dimtu (disambiguation).

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

Tullu Dimtu
Tulu Dīmtu
Tullu Dimtu Location in Ethiopia
Highest point
Elevation	4,385 m (14,386 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,512 m (8,241 ft)
Listing	Ultra Ribu
Coordinates	6°49′35″N 39°49′10″E
Geography
Location	Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Parent range	Bale Mountains

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.^[2]

See also

• Bale National Park

References

1. "World Ribus – Ethiopian Highlands". World Ribus. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. "Highest mountain passes of Africa". Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

External links

• Ethiopia 2006 - Part 5 - Over Bale mountains and down to Harena forest