Bikku Bitti
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Bikku Bitti, also known as Bette Peak, is the highest mountain in Libya
at 2267 metres (7,438 ft).
It is located on the Dohone spur of the Tibesti Mountains
in southern Libya, very near the Chad
/ Libya border.
Bikku Bitti is in one of the least known and least accessible parts of the Sahara desert. Approaching from the Chad side, it was first climbed in December, 2005 by Ginge Fullen and his Chadian guides.
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
at 2267 metres (7,438 ft).
It is located on the Dohone spur of the Tibesti Mountains
Tibesti Mountains
The Tibesti Mountains are a range of inactive volcanoes located on the northern edge of the Chad Basin in the Borkou- and Tibesti Region of northern Chad. The massif is one of the most prominent features of the Central-Sahara desert and covers an area of approximately 100,000 km². The northern...
in southern Libya, very near the Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
/ Libya border.
Bikku Bitti is in one of the least known and least accessible parts of the Sahara desert. Approaching from the Chad side, it was first climbed in December, 2005 by Ginge Fullen and his Chadian guides.