Chabbal Waadi (also known as Mountain of Death) is located in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and, at , is the country's highest point. It is located in

Taraba State ) , image_map = Nigeria - Taraba.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location of Taraba State in Nigeria , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , ...

, near the border with

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

, on the edge of Gashaka Gumti Forest Reserve and

Gashaka-Gumti National Park Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. It is located in the eastern provinces of Taraba and Adamawa to the border with Cameroon. T ...

on the

Mambilla Plateau The Mambilla Plateau is a plateau in the Taraba State of Nigeria. The Mambilla Plateau has an average elevation of about above sea level, making it the highest plateau in Nigeria. Some of its villages are situated on hills that are at least abo ...

. It is a part of the Bamenda-Alantika-Mandara Mountain chain of Nigeria and Cameroon.

Gallery

File:Hiking to Chappal Wadi.jpg, Chappal Wadi, second highest point in sub-saharan West Africa after Mt Cameroun and Emi Koussi File:Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Taraba, Nigeria.jpg, Dusk in a remote section of Gashaka-Gumti National Park File:Boundary Marker.jpg, Boundary along the Nigerian-Cameroun border in Gashaka-Gumti National Park File:Sunset on the mountain.jpg, Sunset on Chappal Waddi File:Camping at Chappal Waddi.jpg, Camping under the stars. The night sky is unpolluted and thus spectacular here.

References

Mountains of Nigeria Taraba State Highest points of countries {{taraba-geo-stub