Mount Surud Cad

…rise to Somalia’s highest point, Surud Cad, which has an elevation of 7,900 feet (2,408 m). Consisting of old volcanic lava, the region is deeply dissected by a series of shallow, dry riverbeds and narrow, steep valleys. Passes, including the Shiikh and Karinduusha, divide the highlands into separate mountain peaks…

…Ceerigaabo (Erigavo) a mountain called Surud Cad reaches the highest elevation in the country, about 7,900 feet (2,408 meters). To the south are the broad plateaus of the Galgodon (or Ogo) Highlands and the Sool and Hawd regions, which drop gradually southward toward the Indian Ocean.