Bikku Bitti, also known as Bette Peak, is the highest mountain in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

at ."Bikku-bitti" on Peakery
Retrieved 28 September 2011 It is located on the Dohone spur of the

Tibesti Mountains The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and i ...

in southern Libya, near the Chadian border. Bikku Bitti is in one of the least known and least accessible parts of the Sahara Desert.First climb details on summitpost.org
Retrieved 28 September 2011 It was climbed in December 2005 by Ginge Fullen and his

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

ian guides, who approached from the Chadian side. Although they were not the first to summit the mountain—Fullen reports that "there were a number of

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehi ...

s on top we could clearly see"—it was the first documented climb.

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Mountains of Libya Highest points of countries Tibesti Mountains {{Libya-geo-stub