The Semien 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. ... Semien Mountains National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... In geology and earth science, a plateau (alternatively spelt in a false French spelling plâteau, the real spelling in French being plateau) is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat open country if the uplift was recent in geologic history. ... 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 Map of the range of the Ethiopian Wolf. ...