Naasa Hablood
Naasa Hablood (Somali: Naaso Hablood), also known as Virgin's Breast Mountain, are twin hills situated in Maroodijeex, Somaliland. Located on the outskirts of the city of Hargeisa, the structures are made of granite and sand. The hills were dubbed Naasa Hablood (literally, "girl's breasts") due to their distinctive conical shape, and its resemblance to thelarchic breast buds.[1][2]
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Naasa Hablood (Virgin's Breast Mountain) in 1896. | |
Highest point | |
Coordinates | 9°35′37″N 44°07′15″E |
Geography | |
Naasa Hablood | |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike |
See also
Notes
- Laurence, Margaret (1963). New Wind in a Dry Land. Knopf. p. 293.
- Mirreh, Abdirahman. A Gob Tree Beside the Hargeisa Wadi: Book Two of Songs of a Nomad Son: a Collection of Poems 1983 to 1994. Vol. 2. Tuba Press, 2001.
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