Bikku Bitti

Bikku Bitti
Pic Bette
Bikku Bitti
Location within Libya
Elevation 2,267 m (7,438 ft) [1]
Listing Country high point
Location
Location  Libya
Range Tibesti Mountains[1]
Climbing
First ascent 2005 by a British team

Bikku Bitti, also known as Bette Peak, is the highest mountain in Libya at 2,267 metres (7,438 ft).[2] 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.[3] Approaching from the Chad side, it was first climbed in December, 2005 by Ginge Fullen and his Chadian guides.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pic Bette, Libya" on Peakbagger Retrieved 28 September 2011
  2. ^ "Bikku-bitti" on Peakery Retrieved 28 September 2011
  3. ^ a b First climb details on summitpost.org Retrieved 28 September 2011
Mountains of Libya
Acacus  • Bikku Bitti  • Sherif  • Haruj  • Arkanu  • Jebel Akhdar  • Nafusa  • Tibesti  • Al Uweinat  • Waw an Namus