Mount Simandou

Simandou is a 110-kilometer-long (68-mile) range of hills in southern Guinea's Nzérékoré and Kankan provinces, in the country's mountainous, forested Guinée Forestière area. A major iron ore deposit is currently being developed at the range's southern end. The Simandou Range stretches north and south, east of Banankoro and Kérouané, from the southern Kankan Region to the northern Nzérékoré Region. Pic de Fon, with an elevation of 1,658 m (5,440 ft), is the highest point in the range. Pic de Tibé, at 1,504 m (4,934 ft), is located in the range's middle, and Pic de Going, at 1,431 m (4,695 ft), to the north.

The Simandou Mountains contains a diverse range of habitats, including wet Guinean savanna, Western Guinean lowland forest, montane and gallery forests, and the uncommon and endangered West African montane grassland habitat. The Pic de Fon forest, located at the southern end of the range, is a relatively intact area of approximately 25,600 ha that contains many typical flora and fauna of the Guinean montane forests ecosystem, including endangered species such as the Nimba otter shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei), the West African chimp (Pan troglodytes verus), the Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana diana), and the Sierra The frog Hylarana fonensis is found nowhere else.

Location: Guinea
Elevation: 1,658 m (5,440 ft)