Mount Mulanje | |
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![]() Composite satellite image of Mt. Mulanje | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,002 m (9,849 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,319 m (7,608 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 1,272 km (790 mi)[2] |
Listing | Country high point Ultra |
Coordinates | 15°56′59″S 35°35′37″E / 15.94972°S 35.59361°E[1][3] |
Geography | |
Location | Malawi |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Inselberg |
The Mulanje Massif, also known as Mount Mulanje, is a large inselberg in southern Malawi. Sapitwa Peak, the highest point on the massif at 3,002 m, is the highest point in Malawi. It lies 65 km east of Blantyre,[4]: 2 rising sharply from the surrounding plains of Phalombe and the Mulanje district. It forms part of a proposed ecoregion, to be called the South East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA).[5]
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