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Moncong Tolong

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Information

Elevation
697 m
Country
Indonesia (ID)
Location / Range
Kecamatan Bangkala Barat, Kabupaten Jeneponto, Sulawesi Selatan
Mountain type
Gunung
Volcanic?
No (non-volcanic)
Coordinates
-5.4557, 119.6179

Description

Moncong Tolong is a mountain in Bangkala Barat district, Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, with its summit near 5.46°S, 119.62°E — in the southern hill country close to the Mount Lompobattang–Bawakaraeng massif. Its elevation is estimated at about 697 m above sea level (from GeoNames/SRTM elevation data). The word 'Moncong' means peak or mountain in the Makassar language and is commonly used for summits in the South Sulawesi highlands. It is recorded as a natural peak in geospatial gazetteers (the NGA GEOnet Names Server, GeoNames and OpenStreetMap); no open documentation of climbing routes or local accounts is available. This profile presents the verified location and elevation data with regional context on Jeneponto, and will be updated as fuller sources appear.

References

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  1. 1 Wikipedia Kabupaten Jeneponto id.wikipedia.org · ID
  2. 2 Encyclopedia Moncong Tolong (mountain) — Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi geonames.org · EN
  3. 3 Encyclopedia Moncong Tolong (natural=peak, node 1070155314) openstreetmap.org · ID