Nassau Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Suriname}}

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| photo = Collectie NMvWereldculturen, RV-A102-1-12, 'Op de Marowijne, Nassau geb.'. Foto- G.M. Versteeg, 1903-1904.jpg

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| country = Suriname

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| map_caption = Location in Suriname

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| coordinates = {{Coord|4|48|N|54|36|W|region:SR_type:mountain|display=inline,title}}

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The Nassau Mountains ({{langx|nl|Nassaugebergte}}) is a mountain range in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. It is named after the House of Nassau.

File:Live-color photograph of Guyanancistrus nassauensis -- modified from Fig. 6 in Fisch-Muller, Mol & Covain (2018).png, an endemic catfish]]

The nearby village of Nason is named after the mountain range.{{cite web |last1=Pamaka Development Plan |year=2017 |title=Pamaka Ontwikkelingsplan |url=https://www.nikos.sr/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pamaka-Ontwikkelingsplan-FINAL.pdf |publisher={{ill|NIKOS|nl}} |language=nl|page=70}}

In 2005, Guyanancistrus nassauensis, a new species of catfish, was discovered, and is endemic to the region.{{cite journal |last1=Fisch-Muller |first1=Sonia |last2=Mol |first2=Jan H. A. |last3=Covain |first3=Raphaël |title=An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=1 |year=2018 |pages=e0189789 |issn=1932-6203 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0189789|pmc=5752014 |pmid=29298344 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1389789F }}