Mount Richard-Molard

{{Short description|Mountain on the border between Ivory Coast and Guinea in West Africa}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Richard-Molard

| other_name = {{lang|mev|Nyamba (Niemba) Tun}} - Mt. Nimba

| photo = Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve-108445.jpg

| photo_caption = Grass at the summit of Mount Richard-Molard

| elevation_m = 1752

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| prominence_m = 1294

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| range = Nimba Range

| listing = Country high point
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| location = Liberia - Ivory CoastGuinea

| map = Côte d'Ivoire#Liberia#Guinea

| map_caption = Location of Mount Richard-Molard in Côte d'Ivoire (on the Guinean border)

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Mount Richard-Molard, also known as Mount Nimba ({{langx|fr|Mont Nimba}}) is a mountain along the border of Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia in West Africa. The summit is on the border of Guinea and Ivory Coast and at {{convert|1752|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} is the highest peak for both countries and of the Nimba Range. The mountain is part of the Guinea Highlands, which straddles the borders between the three countries. The nearest major settlements are the town Yekepa in Liberia and the towns of Bossou and N'Zoo in Guinea.

Toponymy

The mountain is named after the French geographer Jacques Richard-Molard, who died in an accident at the mountain site in 1951.Westermann, Diedrich; Smith, Edwin William; Forde, Cyril Daryll (1951). Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 335. {{OCLC|50238863}} Before that it was called Mount Nouon.

Geology

The mountain is rich in iron ore and cobalt. The mix of iron rich quartzite sheets, schists and granite gneiss have characterised the geological pedogenesis.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Conservation

Mount Richard-Molard lies within the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, which currently covers 17,540 hectares and straddles the borders of Guinea and Ivory Coast.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-heritage-solutions.com/case-studies/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-guinea-and-c%C3%B4te-d-ivoire/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023055353/https://www.world-heritage-solutions.com/case-studies/mount-nimba-strict-nature-reserve-guinea-and-c%C3%B4te-d-ivoire/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2020|website=www.world-heritage-solutions.com|access-date=2020-05-30|title=Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire}}

World Heritage status

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is a site with outstanding universal value and was therefore nominated to the World Heritage List in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/155|title=Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|accessdate=2017-11-27}} It has been listed as World Heritage in Danger since 1992.

This site was added to Guinea's "Tentative List" for consideration for UNESCO World Heritage Site status on 29 March 2001, in the cultural category.[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1522/ Paysage culturel des monts Nimba], UNESCO World Heritage Centre. (in French)

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve has been listed as a World Heritage Site in both Guinea and Ivory Coast, under the criteria for natural heritage.{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/155 |title=Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |accessdate=2016-11-25}}

See also

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite book | title = West Africa

|author1=Pugh, John Charles |author2=Morgan, W. B.

|publisher = Methuen | location = London | year = 1969

|isbn = 0-416-26900-1

}}

Colombant, Nico (30 January 2008).[https://web.archive.org/web/20090826082854/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-01/2008-01-30-voa20.cfm?CFID=281017252&CFTOKEN=40626492&jsessionid=8430cfc99ade8a95d55a01b77517e403f323 "Villagers Resist Environmentalists Around Guinea's Mount Nimba"]. Voice of America.

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