Mount Abuna Yosef
Abuna Yosef is a prominent mountain in the Lasta massif of the Ethiopian Highlands. At 4,260 metres it is the 6th tallest mountain in Ethiopia and the 19th highest of Africa. It is located in the Semien Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,260 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Abune Josef”, “Abune Yosef”, “Gulī Ba Āmba”, “Monte Abuna Iosef”, “Monte Abuna-Josef”, and “Mount Abune Yosef”
Mount Abuna Yosef
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
12.14196° or 12° 8′ 31″ northLongitude
39.18362° or 39° 11′ 1″ eastElevation
4,260 metres (13,976 feet)Open location code
7G4X45RM+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1150963720OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Venetian—“Mount Abuna Yosef” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አቡነ ዮሴፍ ተራራ”
- Armenian: “Աբունա Յոսեֆ”
- Catalan: “Abuna Yosef”
- Cebuano: “Ābune Yosēf”
- Chinese: “約瑟夫主教山”
- Dutch: “Mount Abuna Yosef”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ابونا يوسيف”
- Italian: “Abuna Yosef”
- Ladin: “Mount Abuna Yosef”
- Persian: “کوه ابونا یوسف”
- Polish: “Abuna Josef”
- Polish: “Abune Josief Terara”
- Polish: “Abune Josief”
- Portuguese: “Monte Abuna Yosef”
- Russian: “Абуна Йозеф”
- Russian: “Абуна-Йосеф”
- Russian: “Абунэ-Йосеф”
- Spanish: “Monte Abuna Yosef”
- Swahili: “Mlima Abuna Yosef”
- Swedish: “Ābune Yosēf”
- Ukrainian: “Абуна-Йозеф”
- Venetian: “Abuna Yosef”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Abuna Yosef”. Photo: Riennn, CC BY-SA 3.0.