Bikku Bitti

Bikku Bitti is located in Libya
Bikku Bitti
Bikku Bitti
Location within Libya
Highest pointElevation2,266 m (7,434 ft)[1]ListingCountry high pointCoordinates22°0′13″N 19°12′24″E / 22.00361°N 19.20667°E / 22.00361; 19.20667GeographyLocationLibyaParent rangeTibesti Mountains[1]

Bikku Bitti, also known as Bette Peak, is the highest mountain in Libya at 2,266 metres (7,434 ft).[2] It is located on the Dohone spur of the Tibesti Mountains in southern Libya, near the Chadian border.

Bikku Bitti is in one of the least known and least accessible parts of the Sahara Desert.[3] It was climbed in December 2005 by Ginge Fullen and his Chadian guides, who approached from the Chadian side. Although they were not the first to summit the mountain—Fullen reports that "there were a number of cairns on top we could clearly see"—it was the first documented climb.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pic Bette, Libya" on Peakbagger Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 September 2011
  2. ^ "Bikku-bitti" on Peakery Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 September 2011
  3. ^ a b First climb details on summitpost.org Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 September 2011
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