Ogo Mountains

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Ogo Mountains Galgodon Highlands[1] Buuraha Oogo جَبَل أوغو
Cal Madow, a subrange of the Ogo Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Shimbiris
Elevation	2,450 m (8,040 ft)
Coordinates	10°44′03.3″N 47°13′56.6″E / 10.734250°N 47.232389°E / 10.734250; 47.232389
Geography
Map of the Ogo Mountains
Country	Somaliland
Regions	Sanaag and Togdheer

The Ogo Mountains (Ogo Highlands), also known as the Galgodon Highlands,^[1] (Somali: Buuraha Oogo, Arabic: جبل أوغو) are a mountain range in Somaliland. They cross the Sanaag and Togdheer regions. With a mean peak height of 2,450 m (8,040 ft), the ecology of this landform is semi-desert.

According to the CULTURAL ORIENTATION SOMALI published by the Defense Language Institute in 2020, the Golis Mountains is another name for the Galgala Hills, part of the Karkaar mountain range, and the Ogo Highlands are south of the Karkaar mountain range.^[2] However, the areas to which these place names refer vary from literature to literature.