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Pico Basilé (formerly Pico de Santa Isabel or Clarence Peak), [2] located on the island of Bioko, is the tallest mountain of Equatorial Guinea.With an elevation of 9,878 ft (3,011 m), it is the summit of the largest and highest of three overlapping basaltic shield volcanoes which form the island.
This is a list of the extreme points of Equatorial Guinea, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point — Punta Europa, Bioko Island; Easternmost point — the entire length of the eastern border with Gabon, which runs in a straight line; Southernmost point — A Dyibó, Annobón Island
The Pico Basilé National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional del Pico Basilé) [1] is a protected area with the status of national park on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea, [2] [3] near the Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean. The park is named after the Pico Basilé, the highest
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
Highest point Maximum elevation Lowest point Minimum elevation Elevation span Arctic: Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Greenland: 3700 m 12,139 ft Arctic Ocean: sea level 3700 m 12,139 ft North Temperate Zone: Mount Everest, [1] China and Nepal: 8848 m 29,029 ft Dead Sea, [2] Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: −428 m −1,404 ft: 9,276 m 30,433 ft North ...
The Caldera de Luba is the highest point of the southern massif at 2,261 metres (7,418 ft). [5] The shield volcano, formerly known as San Carlos, has been active in the last 2,000 years. Its geology is not well known. [7] The crater has walls more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) high and a diameter of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). [5]
Equatorial Guinea is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Africa. Central Africa; Time zone: West Africa Time ; Extreme points of Equatorial Guinea High: Pico Basile 3,008 m (9,869 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: 539 km Gabon 350 km Cameroon 189 km. Coastline: Gulf of Guinea 296 km
Equatorial Guinea, [a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, [b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea , its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea .