Jabal Arkanu Mountain, Libya
The mountain is located in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 300 km southeast of El Tag and about 70 km west of Arkanu and the two Arkenu structures. Its height is 1,435 metres, rising about 500 m above the surrounding Gilf Kebir plateauand a valley-oasis. Mount Arkanu is 28 kilometres long and 18 kilometres wide.
Arkanu’s existence had been known since 1892 through Arab sources, but the mountain was explored for the first time in 1923 by Ahmed Hassanein. The mountain consists of intrusive granite. The valley is 15 km long and oriented east-west. The vegetation consists of bushes, grass and some trees.
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