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]

Naasa Hablood
Naasa Hablood (Virgin's Breast Mountain) in 1896.
Highest point
Coordinates9°35′37″N 44°07′15″E
Geography
Naasa Hablood
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

See also

Notes

  1. Laurence, Margaret (1963). New Wind in a Dry Land. Knopf. p. 293.
  2. 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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