Loma Mountains

Loma Mountains
Loma Mountains Location in Sierra Leone
Highest point
Peak	Mount Bintumani
Elevation	1,945 m (6,381 ft)
Geography
Location	Sierra Leone
Range coordinates	9°10′N 11°07′W / 9.167°N 11.117°W / 9.167; -11.117

The Loma Mountains are the highest mountain range in Sierra Leone. The highest peak is Mount Bintumani which rises to a height of 1,945 metres (6,381 ft). The area has been designated a non-hunting forest reserve since 1952. The reserve covers an area of 33,201 hectares.^[1]

References

^ "World Database on Protected Areas: Site Sheet". World Conservation Monitoring Centre. UN Environment Programme. Retrieved 2007-11-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Plates	Major plates: African Plate Minor plates: Somali Plate Microplates: Lwandle Plate Madagascar Plate Rovuma Plate Seychelles Plate Victoria Microplate
Cratons and shields	Arabian-Nubian Shield Congo Craton Kaapvaal Craton Kalahari Craton Saharan Metacraton Tanzania Craton Tuareg Shield West African Craton Zimbabwe Craton
Shear zones	Aswa Dislocation Broodkop Shear Zone Central African Shear Zone Chuan Shear Zones Foumban Shear Zone Kandi Fault Zone Mwembeshi Shear Zone Todi Shear Zone Western Meseta Shear Zone
Orogens	Alpine Orogen Cape Fold Belt Damara Orogen East African Orogen Eburnean Orogen Gondwanide Orogen Kibaran Orogen Kuunga Orogen Mauritanide Belt Pan-African orogens Terra Australis Orogen
Rifts	Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu Embayment Melut Basin Muglad Basin Red Sea Rift Sangha Aulacogen Atbara rift Urema Valley West and Central African Rift System White Nile rift
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Inselbergs (aka koppie)	Anti-Atlas Mount Gorongosa Jugurtha Tableland Mount Mabu Mulanje Massif Mont Niénokoué Wase Rock Zuma Rock List of inselbergs

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