Eritrea - Qoahito Cultural Landscape

Qohaito is a plateau located at an elevation of about 2,600 m and 2,700 m above sea level. Situated between the Wadi-Haddas and the Wadi-Komaile the high mountain range gives way to a flat plateau, which extends about 16km in the south-north direction and varies between 4km and 400 meters in the shorter direction east-west. The total area is 32 square kilometers and the perimeter of the escarpment reaches about 84 kilometers. The physical environment has stunning attributes with steep, rocky escarpment at all sides of the plateau and wide views to the high mountain ranges to the culminating at Ambasoira, the highest mountain in Eritrea reaching a height of 3,018 m above sea level. On a clear day the Red Sea can be seen from the lofty height of Qohaito.