Abuna Yosef (Amharic: አቡነ ዮሴፍ) is a prominent mountain in the Lasta massif of the Ethiopian Highlands. At 4,260 metres (13,976 ft) it is the 6th tallest...
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identification. O. G. S. Crawford identified this range with the Mount Abuna Yosef area in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. In Miguel de Cervantes' 1604...
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southern border is defined by the Mille River. Its highest point is Mount Abuna Yosef. Its towns include Lasta Lalibela (known for its rock-cut churches)...
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Ethiopia: Mount Abba Yared • Abul Kasim (mountain) • Mount Abuna Yosef • Mount Abuye Meda • Amba Alagi • Ale Bagu • Mount Amara • Amaro Mountains • Mount Ambaricho...
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241 ft) and Mount Kaka (3,820 m or 12,533 ft). Parallel with the eastern escarpment are the heights of Biala, 3,810 m (12,500 ft), Mount Abuna Yosef, 4,190 m...
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Ababa, Wondosson Kassa decided to take refuge with his men around Mount Abuna Yosef before resuming guerrilla warfare in September 1936 near the town...
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constructed in large northeast-facing cavern on the west side of Mount Abuna Yosef. The site is located 12.2 km directly north-east of Lalibela and until...
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was built in a large northeast-facing cave on the western side of Mount Abuna Yosef. Until the construction of a road in 2000, this church was reachable...
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topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Africa. Also shown is Mount Catherine in Sinai, Egypt which is not geographically part of Africa. Not...
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level; the highest point in Bugna is Mount Abuna Yosef, on the border with Gidan; other notable peaks include Mount Qachen. Rivers include the Tekezé, which...
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to over 4100 meters above sea level; the highest point in Gidan is Mount Abuna Yosef, on the border with Lasta (formerly Bugna). Rivers include the Tellare...
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regained the throne for the fourth time in December 1795. In 1803, Abba Yosef the Abuna died, and Ras Gugsa of Yejju did the disgraceful act of pillaging the...
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Patriarch-Catholicos of Eritrea also carrying the title of Abuna is the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna is officially known as Patriarch and Catholicos...
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