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Benara, or Mlima Bénara, is the highest peak of Grande-Terre, Mayotte, an overseas collectivity of France in the western Indian Ocean, with a height of .

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Mountain.name
Benara
Mountain.elevation_m
660
Mountain.prominence_m
660
Mountain.map
France Mayotte
Mountain.map_size
220
Mountain.location
Mayotte

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Instance of
mountain
Country
France
Located in
Mayotte
Continent
Africa
Elevation
660
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topographic prominence
660
located in/on physical feature
Grande-Terre
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Benara, or Mlima Bénara, is the highest peak of Grande-Terre, Mayotte, an overseas collectivity of France in the western Indian Ocean, with a height of .

==Description== Benara forms part of the massif that dominates south-central Mayotte. The upper slopes of the mountain rise steeply to a triangular peak. Ridges extend west to the subordinate peaks of Tchaourembo (), Ngouni Maboungani (), and 4 km east to Trambatsini (). The area down to an elevation of about , which is typically the upper limit of cultivation on the island, contains what is probably the second largest expanse of forest on Mayotte. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of Comoro olive-pigeons, Comoro blue-pigeons, Mayotte drongos, Mayotte white-eyes and Mayotte sunbirds. It is also home to Robert Mertens's day geckos, island day geckos and Pasteur's day geckos.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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