The Simien Mountains lie in northern Ethiopia, north east of Gonder. They are a World Heritage Site and a national park. The mountains consist of plateaux separated by valleys and rising to pinnacles. They rise to 4,543m at Ras Dashen. Notable animals in the mountains are walia ibex, gelada baboons and a few Ethiopian wolves. Despite their ruggedness and altitude, the mountains are dotted with villages linked by tracks. Gondar (less commonly spelled Gonder) was the old imperial capital of Ethiopia located in Beghemidir province. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... For alternate uses of the term, see Plateau (disambiguation). ... Fljótsdalur in East-Iceland A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles (square kilometers) to hundreds or even thousands of square miles (square kilometers) in area. ... pinnacle Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend, Belgium A pinnacle (from Latin pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna) is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. ... Binomial name Canis simensis Ruppell, 1840 The Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), also known as the Abyssinian Wolf, Simien Jackal or Simien Fox, is one of the rarest and most endangered of all canids, and is found in the Afro-alpine regions of Ethiopia, about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters...