Naasa Hablood

Summary

Naasa Hablood (Somali: Naaso Hablood), also known as Two Breasts Mountain, are twin hills situated in Maroodi Jeex, Somaliland. Located on the outskirts of the city of Hargeisa, they are made up of granite and sand. The hills were dubbed Naasa Hablood (lit. "girl's breasts") due to their distinctive conical shape and resemblance to thelarchic breast buds.[1][2]

Naasa Hablood
Naasa Hablood (Two Breasts Mountain) in 1896
Highest point
Coordinates9°35′37″N 44°07′15″E / 9.59361°N 44.12083°E / 9.59361; 44.12083
Geography
Naasa Hablood is located in Somaliland
Naasa Hablood
Naasa Hablood
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Laurence, Margaret (1963). New Wind in a Dry Land. Knopf. p. 293.
  2. ^ Mirreh, Abdirahman. A Gob Tree Beside the Hargeisa Wadi: Book Two of Songs of a Nomad Son: a Collection of Poems 1983 to 1994. Vol. 2. Tuba Press, 2001.

References edit

  • Nasa Hablood, Somalia

External links edit

  • Somaliland - Tourism attractions