Chabbal Waadi (also known as Mountain of Death) is located in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
and, at , is the country's highest point. It is located in
Taraba State
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, near the border with
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the ...
, on the edge of Gashaka Gumti Forest Reserve and
Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. It is located in the eastern provinces of Taraba and Adamawa to the border with Cameroon. Th ...
on the
Mambilla Plateau. It is a part of the Bamenda-Alantika-Mandara Mountain chain of Nigeria and Cameroon.
Gallery
File:Hiking to Chappal Wadi.jpg, Chappal Wadi, second highest point in sub-saharan West Africa after Mt Cameroun and Emi Koussi
File:Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Taraba, Nigeria.jpg, Dusk in a remote section of Gashaka-Gumti National Park
File:Boundary Marker.jpg, Boundary along the Nigerian-Cameroun border in Gashaka-Gumti National Park
File:Sunset on the mountain.jpg, Sunset on Chappal Waddi
File:Camping at Chappal Waddi.jpg, Camping under the stars. The night sky is unpolluted and thus spectacular here.
References
Mountains of Nigeria
Taraba State
Highest points of countries
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