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A mountain that rises (Cockburn Mountain)

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Ibn Majid (1470) is the only author who mentions this mountain.

 

Taken from: The Africa Pilot: South and east coasts of Africa, from the Cape of Good ... Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1878

 

Mount Cockburn … the only mountain on this part of the coast, is a remarkable cone of considerable elevation.

The mountain is 60 km long between Larde and Moma with the highest cone close to Napito.