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USNM Number: 2340055

Collection Number: 167

Collection Date: 1959-07-27 single date

Collectors: Cambridge Congo Expedition 1959

Country: CD

State/Province:

Territory: South Kivu

County:

Precise Locality: Foothills of mtns W of Katana, Lake Kivu

Latitude:

Longitude:

Elevation: 7200 feet

Cultivated:

Transcription Notes:
From label: "altitude: 7200 /" probably feet? Lake Kivu's surface elevation is 4,790 feet (1460 m) (Antelope-West) 7,200 meters would be about 23,000 feet. There probably aren't many places in Congo that are that high.