Collines_des_Mamelles

Deux Mamelles

Deux Mamelles

Two prominent hills in a suburb of Dakar, Senegal

Deux Mamelles, Collines des Mamelles, or simply Mamelles are twin hills located in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, in the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal.

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View of Les Mamelles from the Iles de la Madeleine

These hills are of volcanic origin[1] and they are the vestiges of a plateau from the early Quaternary.[2] The highest hill is only 105 metres (344 ft) high, but they stand out in the landscape owing to the flat surroundings. The name of these breast-shaped hills comes from the French term “Mamelle”, a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.[3]

On the seaward hill stands a lighthouse, the Phare des Mamelles, while on the hill further ashore the African Renaissance Monument was erected and unveiled in 2010.

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References

  1. [1]
    Ali Abdallah, Sur une bombe volcanique des Mamelles (Presqu'île du Cap-Vert, Sénégal), in Notes africaines, number 118, April 1968, p. 58-60
  2. [2]
    Atlas du Sénégal, Éditions J. A., Paris, 2007, p. 60
  3. [3]
    Pinnacle Mountain State Park - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
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