Deux Mamelles
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| Deux Mamelles | |
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| File:Mamelles-Almadies-Vue.jpg
The Mamelles lighthouse and the Pointe des Almadies seen from the African Renaissance Monument
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| Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Listing | Breast shaped hills |
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Deux Mamelles is located in Senegal
 Deux Mamelles
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| Easiest route | From the Pointe des Almadies, Dakar |
File:Dakar-Collines des Mamelles.jpg
View of Les Mamelles from the Iles de la Madeleine
Deux Mamelles, Collines des Mamelles, or simply Mamelles are twin hills located in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, in the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal.
These hills are of volcanic origin[1] and they are the vestiges of a plateau from the early Quaternary.[2] The highest hill is only 105 m high, but they stand out in the landscape owing to the flat surroundings. The name of these breast shaped hills comes from the French term “Mamelle”, a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.[3]
On the seaward hill stands a lighthouse, the Phare des Mamelles, while on the hill further ashore the African Renaissance Monument was erected and unveiled in 2010.
See also
References
- ↑ Ali Abdallah, Sur une bombe volcanique des Mamelles (Presqu'île du Cap-Vert, Sénégal), in Notes africaines, number 118, April 1968, p. 58-60
- ↑ Atlas du Sénégal, Éditions J. A., Paris, 2007, p. 60
- ↑ Pinnacle Mountain State Park - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
