Mount Kulal

Mount Kulal

Mount Kulal is a eroded-down extinct volcano located in northern Kenya, just east of Lake Turkana. The mountain is 2,285 meters high. The lakeside town of Loiyangalani is located 50 kilometres west of Mount Kulal.

Mount Kulal has been a Biosphere Reserve since 1978 [1]

Mount Kulal is the only place where Kulal White-eye (Zosterops kulalensis) has been found [2]

References

  1. ^ UNESCO: Biosphere Reserve Information: Mount Kulal
  2. ^ BirdLife EBA Factsheet - Mount Kulal

External links


Coordinates: 2°43′N 36°56′E / 2.717°N 36.933°E / 2.717; 36.933


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