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}}

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