Oshie Ridge is found in Obanliku

Obanliku

Obanliku is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sankwala.It has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 110,324 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 552....

 Local Government

Local Government Areas in Nigeria

||Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas .Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting of a chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members who are referred to as Councillors....

 of Cross River State

Cross River State

Cross River State is a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria, bordering Cameroon to the east. Its capital is at Calabar, and it is named for the Cross River , which passes through the state...

 in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

.The ridge

Ridge

A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:...

 is about 1716 metres (5,630 ft) high above sealevel.

Oshie Ridge is one of the two ridges making the Sankwala Mountains

Sankwala Mountains

Sankwala Mountains are mountain ranges in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State in Nigeria.The Sankwala Mountains lie southeast of the town of Obudu,north of the Okwangwo section of Cross River National Park....

 with the other ridge known as Sankwala..

The Oshie Plateau

Oshie Ridge has a relatively flat top, forming a Plateau

Plateau

In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...

 on the ridge.The plateau is known as the Obudu Plateau

Obudu Plateau

Obudu Plateau is a montane grassland plateau found on the Oshie Ridge of the Sankwala Mountain range, in Cross River state,south east of Nigeria. The plateau is found in Obanliku local government area of the Cross river state...

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The Plateau has a ranch

Ranch

A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in the western United States and Canada, though...

 developed on it by three Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 ranchers named McCaughley,Hugh Jones and Crawfeild in 1951,after McCaughley first explored the sankwala mountain ranges in 1949 and invited his remaining two fellow ranchers Hugh Jones and Crawfeild to develop the ranch.. The ranch contains cattles and is popularly known as the Obudu Cattle Ranch

Obudu Cattle Ranch

Obudu Cattle Ranch is a ranch on the Obudu Plateau.It was developed in 1951 by Mr. McCaughley, a Scot who first explored the mountain ranges in 1949.He camped on the mountaintop of the Oshie Ridge on the Sankwala Mountains for a month before returning with Mr...

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