Mount Kinyeti

Where is Mount Kinyeti?

Mount Kinyeti is part of the Imatong Mountains, Eastern Equatoria.

You will find it in: South Sudan.

Summit: 3.947° N, 32.909° E

The story behind it

The Imatong Mountains stand in the far south of South Sudan, and Kinyeti is their highest summit, a broad green massif that combs clouds out of the wind. Rain falls here far more often than on the hot plains around, which is why thick mountain forest of tall trees, tree ferns and bamboo grows on the slopes, while short grass and small flowers take over near the top. Streams born on the mountain feed the Kinyeti river, which carries water down towards the town of Torit and the fields around it. Colobus monkeys, duikers, hornbills and clouds of butterflies live in the forest, and foresters planted pines and cypresses on parts of the lower slopes long ago. Paths from villages of the Lotuko and Acholi people lead up through the trees, and walkers need several days, warm clothing for cold nights and permission from local authorities.

Find it on the globe

Mount Kinyeti is there as a small peak with its own shape — a horn, a ridge, a volcano — standing on the surface. From far away the planet is only a blue ball; detail arrives as you zoom in, and this one appears once you are close enough. Open it on the globe.

It sits at its real coordinates, not near them — the same numbers listed in the facts above. Switch off the layer for this kind of place and it disappears again; the buttons for that are down the right-hand edge.