The mountain is located in the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of Libya, about 300km southeast of El Tag.[1] and about 70km west of Arkanu and the two Arkenu structures.
Its height is 1,435 metres (4,708ft), rising about 500 m above the surrounding Gilf Kebir plateau and a valley-oasis. Mount Arkanu is 28 kilometres (17mi) long and 18 kilometres (11mi) wide.[2]
Arkanu's existence has been known since 1892 through Arab sources. Arkanu was first discovered in 1923 by Ahmed Hassanein.[1] The mountain consists of intrusive granite. The valley is 15km long and oriented east-west.[1] The valley has a green environment consisting of bushes, grass and some trees.[1]
Topographic map and elevation profile (bottom left) of Jebel Arkenu
Arkanu is used as a pasture. Each year the Bedouins bring their herds to the valley, leave them there and block the entrance (located at a height of 598 metres (1,962ft)) with rocks. They return three months later to retrieve their cattle.[1]
Sources
Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.
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