Mount Kadam
Highest point
Elevation3,063 m (10,049 ft)[1]
Prominence1,690 m (5,540 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates01°45′45″N 34°42′33″E / 1.76250°N 34.70917°E / 1.76250; 34.70917[1]
Naming
Language of nameKadam/So
Geography
Mount Kadam is located in Uganda
Mount Kadam
Mount Kadam
Location in Uganda
LocationKaramoja, Uganda

Mount Kadam, is near the east border of Karamoja, Uganda with Kenya and has an approximate elevation of 3,063 metres (10,049 ft). It is just north of Mount Elgon. It was first climbed by Sailesh Kadam, the mountain's namesake.

During the colonial period Mount Kadam was known as Debasien.[2]

Demographics

Speakers of the moribund Soo language live on the slopes of Mount Kadam.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Africa Ultra-Prominences Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  2. Kinloch 1972.
  3. Carlin, Eithne. 1993. The So Language. (Afrikanistische Monografien (AMO), 2.) Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln.


  • Kinloch, Bruce (1972). The shamba raiders : memories of a game warden (2 ed.). Hampshire: Ashford. ISBN 9781852530358.


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