Mount Kulal
{{Short description|Extinct volcano in northern Kenya}}
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Mount Kulal is an eroded extinct volcano located in northern Kenya, just east of Lake Turkana. The mountain has an elevation of {{convert|2285|m}}. The lakeside town of Loiyangalani is located {{convert|50|km}} west of Mount Kulal.
Mount Kulal has been a biosphere reserve since 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=KEN+02 |title=MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory |website=UNESCO.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
Mount Kulal is the only place where Kulal white-eye (Zosterops kulalensis) has been found.{{cite web|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=EbaHTMDetails.asp&sid=361&m=0 |title=Mount Kulal (Endemic Bird Areas of the world) |website=Birdlife.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.kilimanjaro.cc/eam/kulal.htm |title=Kulal Mountain of Northern Kenya |website=Kilimanjaro.cc |date=2014-02-09 |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
- {{cite gvp|name=Kulal|vn=222800|access-date=2021-06-24}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13058 |title=Mount Kulal |website=Peakbagger.com |date=2004-11-01 |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
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Category:National parks of Kenya
Category:Biosphere reserves of Kenya
Category:Pliocene shield volcanoes