Pico Basilé
| Pico Basilé | |
|---|---|
| Pico de Santa Isabel, Clarence Peak | |
Ultra | |
| Coordinates | 3°35′00″N 8°46′00″E / 3.58333°N 8.76667°E[1] |
| Geography | |
  Pico Basilé Location of Pico Basilé in Bioko  Pico Basilé Pico Basilé (Equatorial Guinea) | |
| Location | Bioko, Equatorial Guinea |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Last eruption | 1923 |
Pico Basilé (formerly Pico de Santa Isabel or Clarence Peak),
The peak forms a part of Pico Basilé National Park, created in April 2000[3] The boundaries of Bioko Norte and Sur runs near the summit. All three shield volcanoes on Bioko Island are listed within the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program database of active volcanoes, though only Pico Basilé has erupted in historic times (most recently in 1923).
Bioko was formed along the
Flora and fauna
Part of the
History
The island was inhabited in the middle of the first millennium BC by Bantu tribes from the mainland, who formed the Bubi ethnic group. Unlike other islands in the area, Bioko had an indigenous African population. The Bubi speak a Bantu language. The island has probably been inhabited by this or other Bantu-speaking groups since before the 7th century BC.
In 1472, the Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó was the first European to sight the island while seeking a path to India.
The first ascent of the mountain by Europeans was made by English commanders between 1827 and 1828 under the Owen expedition. Its first official ascent was made in 1839 by the British John Beecroft who was later governor of the island that was once Fernando Po, now Bioko.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Africa Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ^ Fero, Maximiliano; Cabezas, Francisco; Aedo, Carlos; Velayos, Mauricio (2003). "Check-List of the Piperaceae of Equatorial Guinea" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 60 (1). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas “Real Jardín Botánico”: 46. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Network for Protected areas in Equatorial Guinea Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ Pérez del Val, Jaime 1996. Las Aves de Bioko, Guinea Ecuatorial: Guia de Campo. Edilesa, Léon, Spain.
- ^ Max Liniger-Goumaz (1985). Connaître la Guinée équatoriale (in French). Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains. pp. 27–92.
Sources
- "Santa Isabel". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program
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